Theme

dispossession of land and culture

Don’t Take Your Love to Town

"Now for the first time I was going to live in and off the bush. Hard physical gut-busting work and …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi Publisher: UQP Published year: 1988

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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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A rich and haunting allegory for all ages, all cultures. 'The rabbits came many grandparents ago…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: John Marsden Illustrator: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2008

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In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ellen van Neerven Publisher: UQP Published year: 2014

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Tarantino meets Deadwood in this full-throttle drama of our colonial past, written by the …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2016

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Reading Australia presents this Alex Miller podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alex Miller Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2018

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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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Maggie and her mother await the long anticipated apology to the Stolen Generations. In the crowd …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Coral Vass Illustrator: Dub Leffler Publisher: National Library of Australia Published year: 2018

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Leah Purcell, a proud Goa, Gunggari, Wakka Wakka Murri woman, is a multi-award-winning author, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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