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Mrs Whitlam

Marnie Clark of Curdie Vale can ride but she doesn’t have a horse. She dreams of owning one and …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Bruce Pascoe Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2016

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Reg Saunders: An Indigenous War Hero

The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Hugh Dolan, Adrian Threlfall Publisher: NewSouth Books Published year: 2015

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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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The Divine Wind

Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1999

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The Tall Man

The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country The Tall Man is the story of Palm …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Chloe Hooper Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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Jasper Jones

Full of unforgettable characters, a page-turning pace and outrageously good dialogue, this is a …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Craig Silvey Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

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It’s Raining in Mango

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1989

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Carpentaria

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

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

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Don’t Take Your Love to Town

A seminal work of Indigenous memoir. Ruby Langford Ginibi’s remarkable talent for storytelling …

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

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

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