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47 Degrees

A fast-paced and poignant novel of survival by Justin D’Ath that draws on his own experience of …

Year: Secondary, Year 7, Year 8 Author: Justin D’Ath Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2019

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Cloudstreet

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian …

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

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Dimboola

Playfully vulgar, bawdy and boisterous, Dimboola plays out the wedding reception from hell, with …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Jack Hibberd Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1968

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Father’s Day

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

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Flood

Inspired by the Queensland floods, Flood is a moving and sensitive story of a natural disaster as …

Year: Primary, Year 1, Year 2 Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Bruce Whatley Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2011

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Going to the Footy

In this quintessentially Australian title, Going to the Footy combines richly textured and striking …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Debbie Coombes Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2019

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Grace Beside Me

A warmly rendered story of life in a small town that interweaves the mundane with the profound and …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Sue McPherson Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2012

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Guwayu — For All Times

– Jacob Morris, 'Ban Maganindadjyang (My Old People Done)' Guwayu — For All Times is a …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jeanine Leane Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2020

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I Own the Racecourse!

Andy Hoddel was different from other boys. He never really understood the game they played, in which…

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Patricia Wrightson Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1968

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Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

The true story of the Aboriginal resistance fighter, Jandamarra, whose legend is etched into the …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Banjo Woorunmurra, Howard Pedersen Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 1995

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