Rachel Bin Salleh
Rachel Bin Salleh is descended from the Nimunburr, Bunuba and Yawuru peoples of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She has worked in publishing for over 20 years and is passionate about Indigenous people telling their stories. Rachel lives in…
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Alfred’s War
Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Rachel Bin Salleh
Illustrator:
Samantha Campbell
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2018
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Finding Eliza
Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, Finding …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Larissa Behrendt
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2016
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Larissa Behrendt
Larissa is the author of three novels: Home, which won the 2002 David Unaipon Award and the regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book; Legacy, which won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and After …
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Samuel Wagan Watson
Samuel Wagan Watson is an award-winning Indigenous poet and professional raconteur. Born in Brisbane in 1972, he is of Munanjali, Birri Gubba, German and Irish descent. Samuel’s first collection of poems won the 1998 David Unaipon Award. His fourth…
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Inside My Mother
In her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Publisher:
Giramondo Publishing
Published year:
2015
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Heat and Light
In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical…
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Ellen van Neerven
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2014
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Ellen van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh (South East Queensland) and Dutch heritage. They write fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. Ellen’s first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the …
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Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of three novels: The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Prize; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary …
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The Garret: Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss writes non-fiction, commercial women's fiction, children's literature and poetry. …
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Anita Heiss
Publisher:
The Garret
Published year:
2017
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