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The Eleventh Hour

When Horace the Elephant turns eleven he celebrates in grand style by inviting his friends to a …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Graeme Base Publisher: Penguin Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 1993

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The Complete Stories

Thirty-one epic stories from Australia's award-winning author David Malouf. David Malouf's …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: David Malouf Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2007

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Swallow the Air

When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: UQP Published year: 2006

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Miss Peabody’s Inheritance

"Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Elizabeth Jolley Publisher: UQP Published year: 1980

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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 Australia Published year: 1989

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Faith Singer

The acclaimed story of Faith, a rock singer who lives in Kings Cross and Angel, a dreamy homeless …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Rosie Scott Publisher: Authors Unlimited Published year: 2001

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Cloudstreet

From separate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, …

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

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Cafe Scheherazade

"In Acland Street, St Kilda, there stands a cafe called Scheherazade." Thus begins Arnold Zable’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Arnold Zable Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2001

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Romulus, My Father

Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Raimond Gaita Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1999

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

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