Katharine Susannah Prichard
Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969) was born in Levuka, Fiji, where her father was editor of the Fiji Times. She matriculated from South Melbourne College and worked briefly as a governess. She later taught in Melbourne, studying English …
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Brumby Innes
'I consider Brumby Innes to be in a class by itself', wrote theatre director Gregan McMahon in 1927…
Year:
Tertiary
Author:
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1940
Jimmy Chi
Born in Broome in 1948 to a Bardi Aboriginal mother with Scottish heritage and a Broome born father whose parents were Chinese and Japanese, Jimmy Chi embodies his hometown's cultural diversity. Although he left Broome to undertake an engineering …
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Bran Nue Dae
The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Jimmy Chi
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1991
Teacher Resource
Essay
Nick Enright
Nick Enright (1950–2003) was a playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist, translator/adaptor, dramaturg and teacher and was one of Australia's most prolific writers. He grew up in Maitland, NSW and was educated at St Ignatius' College, …
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Blackrock
It’s Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club – and that should mean heaps of …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Nick Enright
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1996
Teacher Resource
Essay 1
Essay 2
Bastard Boys
Bastard Boys is the story of the fight that stopped the nation – the 1998 battle for Australia's …
Author:
Sue Smith
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
2007
Sue Smith
Sue Smith is one of Australia’s finest television writers. In a career spanning thirty years she has written everything from The Young Doctors and Sons and Daughters to The Leaving of Liverpool and Brides of Christ (both co-written with John Alsop…
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Michael Gow
Michael Gow has extensive writing credits for stage, screen and radio. His best known play is the multi-award-winning Away, a modern classic of Australian Theatre and one of the most performed Australian plays. Others include Toy Symphony, The Kid, …
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Away
Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Michael Gow
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1986
Teacher Resource
Essay 1
Essay 2