Year Published

1999

48 Shades of Brown

A few months ago Dan had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Nick Earls Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1999

Teacher Resource

The Divine Wind

Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1999

Teacher Resource Essay

Old Pig

A beautiful and tender picture book about how to say goodbye. A treasured classic from two highly …

Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1999

Disgrace

After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-…

Author: J. M. Coetzee Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 1999

Australians: Origins to Eureka

In this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of…

Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1999

Romulus, My Father

Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Raimond Gaita Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1999

Teacher Resource Essay

Stravinsky’s Lunch

Stella Bowen and Grace Cossington Smith were born a year apart, in the antipodean autumns of 1893 …

Author: Drusilla Modjeska Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 1999

Big Rain Coming

A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Katrina Germein Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1999

Teacher Resource

John Curtin: A Life

John Curtin is, for many Australians, regardless of political affiliation, the most significant …

Author: David Day Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1999