Theme

Australian identity

Murray: Collected Poems

Les Murray's Collected Poems displays the full range of his poetic art. This volume contains all the…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Les Murray Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 1991

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My Place (Nadia Wheatley)

Everyone is part of History, and every place has a story as old as the earth. My Place depicts …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 1987

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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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Seven Little Australians

'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.' Her father…

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Ethel Turner Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1894

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Strange Objects

The 25th anniversary edition of this landmark novel, in which a chilling modern mystery is entwined …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Gary Crew Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1990

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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 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Hathorn Illustrator: Cassandra Allen Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2010

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The Bodysurfers

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach – and the tidal changes of three …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Robert Drewe Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1983

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The Drover’s Wives

Henry Lawson's short story 'The Drover's Wife' is an Australian classic that has sparked …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Ryan O’Neill Publisher: Brio Books Published year: 2018

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The Floating World

The story of a returned serviceman's descent into madness on a cruise ship bound for Japan. …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: John Romeril Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1975

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