Antigone Kefala
Antigone Kefala’s writing is remarkable for its clarity, intensity and austerity. Intimate in its recollections, social in nature, the Journals establishes her as one of Australia’s great diarists.
Antigone Kefala has written four works of …
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Nine Parts of Desire
‘Frank, enraging and captivating.' The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Geraldine Brooks
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Published year:
2008
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Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is the Australian-born author of the bestselling novels Caleb's Crossing, People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the acclaimed non-fiction works Nine Parts Of …
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Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
A narrative non-fiction picture book about the life of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang, Australia’s …
Year:
Primary, Year 5
Author:
Mark Greenwood
Illustrator:
Frane Lessac
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2010
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Frane Lessac
Frane Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown having over forty children's books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and London before moving to Australia. Fran …
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Mark Greenwood
Mark Greenwood is a history hunter. His award-winning books include The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef and The Legend of Moondyne Joe, both winners of the West Australian Premier’s Book Award. Mark often teams with his wife, illustrator Frané Lessac…
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Ned Kelly
Born in 1855, Ned Kelly remains the most famous criminal in Australian history. His life has been extensively documented, and dramatised in plays, novels, poems and films. Kelly was arrested and hanged in 1880 after the famous siege of Glenrowan…
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The Jerilderie Letter
Outlaw, murderer, self-proclaimed victim, Ned Kelly is an Australian icon. But who was he? Kelly…
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Ned Kelly
Publisher:
Text Publishing
Published year:
1879
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Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight)
Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’ and this book is straight talk …
Author:
Anita Heiss
Publisher:
Aboriginal Studies Press
Published year:
2003
Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an …
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