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True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's stunning, Booker Prize-winning novel about Australia…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Peter Carey Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 2001

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The Slap

To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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It’s Raining in Mango

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 1989

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Cloudstreet

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 Books Australia Published year: 1991

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Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines

David Unaipon – the man on the $50 note – was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: David Unaipon Publisher: MUP Published year: 1930

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The Jerilderie Letter

Outlaw, murderer, self-proclaimed victim, Ned Kelly is an Australian icon. But who was he? Kelly’s…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ned Kelly Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1879

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A Fortunate Life

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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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

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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Remember Ronald Ryan

The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Barry Dickins Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1994

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Hotel Sorrento

Hilary lives in seaside Sorrento with her father and sixteen-year-old son; Pippa is visiting from …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Hannie Rayson Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1990

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