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loss

That Deadman Dance

'Bobby Wabalanginy never learned fear, not until he was pretty well a grown man. Sure, he grew up …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Kim Scott Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2010

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Radiance is an exuberant black sabbath for three great Indigenous dames. Cressy, Nora and Mae are …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Louis Nowra Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1993

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A moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Pip Harry Publisher: UQP Published year: 2019

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A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Sally Morgan Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 2015

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A powerful and moving illustrated novel about loss, grief and finding your place in the world…

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Sally Murphy Illustrator: Heather Potter Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2009

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Aaron Rowe has dreams he can't explain, and memories he can't recover. But if he doesn't discover …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Scot Gardner Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2011

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Kieran wants to be part of the cool group at school. He wants to be on the football team. He …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Simon French Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2012

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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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