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Burning Rice

These poems were written while Eileen Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow in 2011–2012, mentored…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Eileen Chong Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry Published year: 2012

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Free Diving

A poignant tribute to the Aboriginal men and women who worked in the pearling industry as ‘free …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Lorrae Coffin Illustrator: Bronwyn Houston Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2017

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Wright: Collected Poems

This definitive collection represents the impressive poetic achievement of one of Australia′s most…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Judith Wright Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1994

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Harwood: Collected Poems 1943 – 1995

Harwood’s pseudonymous selves have made literary history, most famously perhaps as Walter Lehmann …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Gwen Harwood, Alison Hoddinott, Gregory Kratzmann Publisher: UQP Published year: 2003

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Dobson: Collected Poems

Since the publication of her first book in 1944, Rosemary Dobson has built a reputation as one of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Rosemary Dobson Publisher: UQP Published year: 2012

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Journey to the Stone Country

'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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The Harp in the South

Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1948

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The Floating World

The story of a returned serviceman's descent into madness on a cruise ship bound for Japan. …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: John Romeril Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1975

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The 7 Stages of Grieving

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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Playing Beatie Bow

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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