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The Fortunes of Richard Mahony

'He had never got within measurable distance of what he called life, at all . . . deep down in him, …

Year: Tertiary Author: Henry Handel Richardson Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Text Publishing Published year: 1917

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Tim Winton Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1991

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Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country of north-western Queensland. Its portrait of life in the …

Year: Tertiary Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

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Truth can be stranger – and more fascinating – than fiction. Anna Funder tells extraordinary…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Anna Funder Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2003

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Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: A.B. Facey Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 1981

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Ray Lawler's revised script (2012) of his (and Australia's) most famous play, in which two larrikin …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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The painful and sometimes farcical life of a defiant young poet, Sally Banner, as she attempts – …

Year: Tertiary Author: Dorothy Hewett Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1972

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'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

Melina Marchetta's stunning debut novel Looking for Alibrandi is one girl's story of her final year …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Melina Marchetta Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1992

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