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Day of the Girl

Speak Chinese, Fang Fang!

OUT OF PRINT Fang Fang was born in China, but she and her parents came to live in Australia when …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Rippin Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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Stolen Girl

A fictionalised account of the Stolen Generation that tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Trina Saffioti Illustrator: Norma MacDonald Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Jukuna Mona Chuguna, Pat Lowe Illustrator: Mervyn Street Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2015

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The Harp in the South

Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1948

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The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Christina Stead Publisher: MUP Published year: 1940

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The Red Tree

A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to …

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2001

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Tracks

'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Robyn Davidson Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published year: 1980

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Ubby’s Underdogs: Heroes Beginnings (Book 2)

It's the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2013

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Ubby’s Underdogs: The Legend of the Phoenix Dragon (Book 1)

Set in the 1940s when the pearling town of Broome is recovering from World War II, The Legend of the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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Unpolished Gem

This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alice Pung Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2006

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