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Anzac Day

The Silver Donkey

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Sonya Hartnett Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2007

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The Treasure Box

From picture-book creators Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood comes this celebration of things that …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2013

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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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The One Day of the Year

Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1958

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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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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Richard Flanagan Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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The Divine Wind

Set against the backdrop of World War II, four teens growing up in the pearling town of Broome …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1998

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Once

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2005

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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 Campbell Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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Loyal Creatures

Like many of his mates from the bush, Frank Ballantyne is keen to join the grand adventure and do …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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