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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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Bran Nue Dae

The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jimmy Chi Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1991

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Blackrock

It’s Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club – and that should mean heaps of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Nick Enright Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1996

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Away

Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Michael Gow Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1986

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Yirruwa Yirrilikenuma-Iangwa/When We Go Walkabout

Set on Groote Eylandt, this beautiful book invites children to look for animals in different …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Rhoda Dugururru Lalara Illustrator: Alfred Lalara Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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My Place

My Place, the classic Australian picture book, is a 'time machine' which takes the reader back into …

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 1988

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Five Times Dizzy

Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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Big Rain Coming

A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Katrina Germein Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 2002

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Looking for Alibrandi

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 Books Australia Published year: 1992

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