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Kath Walker in China

Collection of poems in English with translations into Putonghua (modern standard Chinese) on Chinese…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) Publisher: Jacaranda Press Published year: 1988

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The Outback

This moving bush ballad about the country’s vast interior captures the Australian outback in all …

Author: Annaliese Porter Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2005

The Little Corroboree Frog

The Little Corroborree Frog gently introduces the serious plight of one of Australia’s most …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Tracey Holton-Ramirez Illustrator: Angela Ramirez Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2013

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Alfred’s War

Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Rachel Bin Salleh Illustrator: Samantha Fry Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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Finding Eliza

Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the story of …

Author: Larissa Behrendt Publisher: UQP Published year: 2016

The Drover’s Wife

Tarantino meets Deadwood in this full-throttle drama of our colonial past, written by the …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2016

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Smoke Encrypted Whispers

These poems pulse with the language and images of a mangrove-lined river city, the beckoning highway…

Author: Samuel Wagan Watson Publisher: UQP Published year: 2004

Inside my Mother

In her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …

Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2015

Heat and Light

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ellen van Neerven Publisher: UQP Published year: 2014

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Tiwi Girl

Tiwi Girl, written by the students of Tiwi College (Tiwi Islands, NT) with Alison Lester, is about a…

Author: Tiwi College, Alison Lester Publisher: Indigenous Literacy Foundation Published year: 2016