Theme

connection to place

Journey to the Stone Country

'A terrific tale of love and redemption that captivates from the first line.' Nicholas Shakespeare, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alex Miller Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2003

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The Garret: Alexis Wright

Reading Australia presents this Alexis Wright podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2018

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Vertigo

Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Amanda Lohrey Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2009

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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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Welcome to Country

This multi-award-winning picture book is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Aunty Joy Murphy Illustrator: Lisa Kennedy Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2016

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Bush Studies

Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism—for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Barbara Baynton Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1902

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Remembering Lionsville

This beautiful book for the whole family tells, in words and pictures, Bronwyn Bancroft's unique and…

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2013

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Dark Roots

In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Cate Kennedy Publisher: Scribe Published year: 2012

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Scaly-tailed Possum and Echidna

A traditional Dreamtime story that features the scaly-tailed possum only found in a remote part of …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Cathy Goonack Illustrator: Marlene, Myron and Katrina Goonack Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2010

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One Tree

One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather’s farm. Now there is a busy city and …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Christopher Cheng Illustrator: Bruce Whatley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2019

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