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connections to Country

Carpentaria

Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country of north-western Queensland. Its portrait of life in the…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

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Cooee Mittigar

Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana (walk), on Darug Country. In …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Jasmine Seymour Illustrator: Leanne Mulgo Watson 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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Maralinga, the Anangu Story

An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

Sunshine Super Girl

A grimy old ball, a racquet made from a wooden fruit box, a pair of borrowed shoes … then the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Andrea James Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2021

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The Welcome to Country Handbook

The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2023

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Too Much Lip

Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent a lifetime avoiding two things – her hometown and prison…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Melissa Lucashenko Publisher: UQP Published year: 2018

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Us Mob Walawurru

Central Australia, 1960s ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the ‘silver bullet' school…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: Lisa Wilyuka, David Spillman Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2006

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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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