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Australian history

This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems for Children

In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood…

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Tania McCartney Publisher: National Library of Australia Published year: 2019

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Reg Saunders: An Indigenous War Hero

The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Hugh Dolan, Adrian Threlfall Publisher: NewSouth Books Published year: 2015

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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

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One Minute’s Silence

A moving and powerful story about the meaning of Remembrance Day, drawing on the ANZAC and Turkish …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: David Metzenthen Illustrator: Michael Camilleri Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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Dark Emu

Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Bruce Pascoe Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2014

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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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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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