Theme

reconciliation

Took the Children Away

Archie Roach AM’s deeply personal song, ‘Took the Children Away’, from his 1990 debut album, …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Archie Roach Illustrator: Ruby Hunter Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Published year: 2020

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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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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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The whimsical story of a little boy with a broken heart who meets a young girl who shares his secret…

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Dub Leffler Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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'A terrific tale of love and redemption that captivates from the first line.' Nicholas Shakespeare, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alex Miller Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2003

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Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Michael Gow Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1986

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