Theme

First Nations texts

Carpentaria

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

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

Essay

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

Teacher Resource

A verse novel that centres around the impact of colonisation in mid-north South Australia around …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2012

Teacher Resource

In her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2015

Teacher Resource

Ali Cobby Eckermann is one of Australia's finest poets. In this interview, she talks at length …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

Teacher Resource

Ashala Wolf has been captured by Chief Administrator Neville Rose. A man who is intent on …

Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2012

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are …

Year: Secondary Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina, Rebecca Lim Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 2018

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

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

A groundbreaking collection of work from some of the great Australian Aboriginal writers, …

Author: Anita Heiss, Peter Minter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’ and this book is straight talk …

Author: Anita Heiss Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press Published year: 2003