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First Nations texts

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Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2019

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Tiwi Girl, written by the students of Tiwi College (Tiwi Islands, NT) with Alison Lester, is about a…

Author: Tiwi College, Alison Lester Publisher: Indigenous Literacy Foundation Published year: 2016

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

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The Little Corroborree Frog gently introduces the serious plight of one of Australia’s most …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Tracey Holton-Ramirez Illustrator: Angela Ramirez Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2013

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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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Described as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully …

Year: Primary Author: Tylissa Elisara Illustrator: Dylan Finney Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2024

A colourful, fun and educational First Nations book about bugs! Tamarra: A Story of Termites on …

Year: Primary Author: Violet Wadrill Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2023

This is a proud milestone in Australian theatre history; a contemporary Indigenous performance text …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Wesley Enoch, Deborah Mailman Publisher: Playlab Published year: 1996

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

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