For the Term of His Natural Life
The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous …
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The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous …
Teacher Resource EssayMarcus Clarke is best known for his classic novel of the convict system, For the Term of His Natural Life, although he also wrote numerous essays, stories and plays and edited literary journals. Born in London, educated as a gentleman and expected…
View Books by Marcus ClarkeOn a radiant day in Sydney, four people converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House …
Teacher Resource EssayGail Jones lives in Sydney and teaches at the University of Western Sydney. Her books have won numerous literary awards in Australia. She is the author of two collections of short stories and five novels including Sixty Lights which was longlisted …
View Books by Gail Jones‘Imagine the entire population of Melbourne abandoning their homes and taking to the road in …
George Johnston was born in Melbourne in 1912, the son of working-class parents. At sixteen his career as a journalist was launched with the publication of several articles in the Melbourne Argus. By the time the Second World War broke out, Johnston…
View Books by George JohnstonThe acclaimed story of Faith, a rock singer who lives in Kings Cross and Angel, a dreamy homeless …
Teacher Resource EssayRosie Scott was the highly acclaimed author of six novels, plus a collection each of short stories, poems and essays. Her novels were finalists in major book awards including, the NSW Premiers Fiction Award, The Banjo Patterson Writing Award, The …
View Books by Rosie ScottThere was once a man on a property outside a one-horse town, in New South Wales, who couldn’t come…
Murray Bail was born in Adelaide in 1941. He has won numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Eucalyptus. The Pages was published in 2008 to great acclaim.  …
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