Took the Children Away
By: Archie Roach
4.55
Format: 33 pages, Paperback
Took the Children Away is a moving indictment of the treatment of indigenous children from the 'Sto…
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1. The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
By: Sarah Krasnostein
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, … read more
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2. The Arrival
By: Shaun Tan
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to… read more
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3. Possum Magic
By: Julie Vivas , Mem Fox
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Grandma Poss uses her best bush magic to make Hush invisible. But when Hush longs to be able to see… read more
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4. Rabbit-Proof Fence
By: Doris Pilkington , Nugi Garimara
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
The remarkable true story of three young girls who cross the harsh Australian desert on foot to ret… read more
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5. My Place
By: Nadia Wheatley , Donna Rawlins
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Starting in 1988 and going back 200 years, we are told the history of Australia by being told the h… read more
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6. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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7. Neverlanders
By: Tom Taylor
3.95
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Neverland has become a war zone and it's up to a new group of lost teens to set things right in thi… read more
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8. Bodies of Light
By: Jennifer Down
4.29
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
So by the grace of a photograph that had inexplicably gone viral, Tony had found me. Or: he’d found… read more
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"The Sydney of this time was a different place to the honeymoon city I'd visited with Damien. That one was the crescent of the bridge, the rolling waves beneath the ferry, the shaded streets in The Ro…"-Jennifer Down, Bodies of Light
9. Love Stories
By: Trent Dalton
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more
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"True love is exposing all the pieces."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"Love is knowing when you've come home."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
10. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork
By: Ash Barty
4.23
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more
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11. The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-… read more
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12. Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media
By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus emerged and engulfed th… read more
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13. Somebody's Land
By: Adam Goodes
4.44
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
An accessible picture book for young children that introduces First Nations history and the term 't… read more
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14. Bowerbird Blues
By: Aura Parker
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
I am a collector. Always looking, finding ... and keeping! Bowerbird loves blue. Magnificent colbal… read more
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15. The Proudest Blue
By: Ibtihaj Muhammad
4.56
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more
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16. Tiger Daughter
By: Rebecca Lim
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more
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"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter
17. The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
By: Sandhya Parappukkaran
4.27
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long n… read more
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18. Black Cockatoo
By: Carl Merrison
3.57
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
'Black Cockatoo' is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragil… read more
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19. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
By: Anita Heiss
4.31
Format: 311 pages, Paperback
What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning au… read more
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- indigenous
"We’ve never been alone, and we have each other. Not everyone gets everything, and we are so lucky for so much. I’m learning my place, my responsibilities."-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
"I love that I’ve been lucky enough to travel to every Australian city and work with some of the best, most forward-thinking individuals, and coach many to extraordinary feats. I love the friendships …"-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
"P.S. I truly love every square inch of Australia. I look forward to when we realise that this country is our giver of life and will survive long after we have passed on. Maybe, then, we will each cho…"-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
20. The Papunya School Book of Country and History
By: Nadia Wheatley
4.27
Format: 50 pages, Hardcover
This book tells the story of how Anangu from five different language groups came to live together a… read more
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21. Took the Children Away
By: Archie Roach
4.55
Format: 33 pages, Paperback
Took the Children Away is a moving indictment of the treatment of indigenous children from the 'Sto… read more
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22. Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now
By: Ellen Van Neerven
4.09
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and t… read more
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23. Tiddalick: The Frog Who Caused a Flood
By: Robert Roennfeldt
3.98
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Tiddalick was so thirsty that he drank up all the rivers and billabongs in the land. And the other … read more
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24. Broken Things
By: Jodi Picoult
3.75
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and beautifully told story about the dilemma of staying true to yourself and being ther… read more
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25. Be Careful, Xiao Xin!
By: Alice Pung
4.51
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From best-selling author Alice Pung and renowned illustrator Sher Rill Ng comes an extraordinarily … read more
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26. Back On Country
By: Adam Goodes
4.31
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A joyful story about the power of reconnecting to family, culture and Country. From Australian of t… read more
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27. Finding Our Heart: A Story About the Uluru Statement for Young Australians
By: Thomas Mayor
4.59
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
’When we all came together at Uluru, we invited all Australian people to accept our voice and cultu… read more
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28. Our Home, Our Heartbeat
By: Adam Briggs
4.50
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of Indigenous legends, past & present and an inspiration to future generations. read more
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30. Azaria: a true history
By: Maree Coote
4.59
Format: 44 pages, Hardcover
What happens when the truth gets lost? Where wild animals and people meet, tragedy can strike, But … read more
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31. Sea Horse
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.66
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Written with gentle humour and a beautiful interpretation of landscape, this adventure story about … read more
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