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Welcome to Reading Australia – a ground-breaking online initiative from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. It makes the very best of Australian literature more available for teachers and librarians in primary schools, secondary schools and universities across the country.

The Copyright Agency’s ties to education are longstanding. We administer the educational statutory licence, which makes copying and sharing material easy and simple for teachers.

Reading Australia presents the work of leading Australian authors, supplemented with comprehensive teaching resources linked to the Australian Curriculum along with engrossing essays, to make your job easier and provide a greater depth of understanding to your students.

There are currently over 200 books listed on the site, each chosen by a selection panel from the Australian Society of Authors. We’ll keep on adding new titles and expanding the resources available to you, and we welcome your feedback and thoughts to improve and expand the site. Just head to readingaustralia.com.au and discover it for yourself.

Here’s what teachers have told us they like most about the Reading Australia website.

Positive user feedback:

NOVELSAnderson, Ethel At Parramatta

Anderson, Jessica Tirra Lirra by the River

Astley, Thea It’s Raining in Mango

Bail, Murray Eucalyptus

Carey, Peter True History of the Kelly Gang

Carroll, Steven The Time We Have Taken

Clarke, Marcus For the Term of His Natural Life

Coetzee, J. M. Disgrace

Drewe, Robert Grace

Farmer, Beverley The House in the Light

Flanagan, Richard The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Franklin, Miles My Brilliant Career

Furphy, Joseph Such is Life

Garner, Helen The Children’s Bach

Grenville, Kate Lilian’s Story

Hall, Rodney Captivity Captive

Hardy, Frank Power Without Glory

Herbert, Xavier CapricorniaHazzard, Shirley The Transit of VenusHyland, M. J. Carry Me DownIreland, David The Unknown Industrial PrisonerJennings, Kate Moral HazardJohnston, George The Far RoadJolley, Elizabeth Miss Peabody’s InheritanceJones, Gail Five BellsKeneally, Thomas The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithKoch, Christopher The Year of Living Dangerouslyde Kretser, Michelle The Lost DogLangley, Eve The Pea-PickersLohrey, Amanda The Morality of GentlemenLondon, Joan The Good ParentsMalouf, David An Imaginary LifeMcGahan, Andrew The White EarthMiller, Alex Journey to the Stone CountryMaloney, Shane The Murray Whelan TrilogyMoorhouse, Frank Grand Days

Nyoongah, Mudrooroo Narogin Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the WorldPark, Ruth The Harp in the SouthPrichard, Katharine Susannah CoonardooRichardson, Henry Handel The Fortunes of Richard MahonyScott, Kim That Deadman DanceScott, Rosie Faith SingerSilvey, Craig Jasper JonesStead, Christina The Man who Loved ChildrenStone, Louis JonahStow, Randolph To the IslandsTemple, Peter TruthTennant, Kylie The BattlersTsiolkas, Christos The SlapWhite, Patrick VossWinton, Tim CloudstreetWright, Alexis CarpentariaWinch, Tara June Swallow the AirZable, Arnold Cafe Scheherazade

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SHORT STORIESBarnard, Marjorie The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories

Baynton, Barbara Bush Studies

Cho, Tom Look Who’s Morphing

Dovey, Ceridwen Only the Animals

Drewe, Robert The Bodysurfers

Garner, Helen Honour & Other People’s Children

Lawson, Henry While the Billy Boils

Le, Nam The Boat

London, Joan The New Dark Age

Malouf, David The Complete Stories

Moorhouse, Frank The Americans, Baby

Turner Hospital, Janette Collected Stories DRAMABovell, Andrew Speaking in TonguesBrand, Mona Here Under HeavenChi, Jimmy Bran Nue Dae

Davis, Jack No SugarDe Groen, Alma The Rivers of ChinaDickins, Barry Remember Ronald RyanBoddy, Michael and Ellis, Robert The Legend of King O’Malley; Or, Never Say Die Until a Dead Horse Kicks YouEnright, Nick BlackrockEnoch, Wesley and Mailman, Deborah The 7 Stages of GrievingEsson, Louis The Time Is Not Yet RipeFrankland, Richard Conversations with the DeadGow, Michael AwayGoldsworthy, Peter and Mills, Richard Batavia (opera)Hewett, Dorothy The Chapel PerilousHibberd, Jack DimboolaLawler, Ray Summer of the Seventeenth DollNowra, Louis RadiancePrichard, Katharine Susannah Brumby InnesRayson, Hannie Hotel SorrentoRomeril, John The Floating WorldSeymour, Alan The One Day of the Year

Smith, Sue Bastard BoysWilliamson, David The Removalists POETRYAdamson, Robert The Golden BirdBrennan, C. J. Poems [1913]Cataldi, Lee Race Against TimeDawe, Bruce Sometimes GladnessDobson, Rosemary Collected PoemsDransfield, Michael Collected PoemsFogarty, Lionel Dha’lan Djani Mitti: Collected PoemsForbes, John Collected Poems, 1970-1998Gilbert, Kevin People Are LegendsGilmore, Mary edited by Strauss, Jennifer The Collected Verse of Mary GilmoreHarpur, Charles edited by Perkins, Elizabeth M. The Poetical Works of Charles HarpurHarry, J. S. Selected PoemsHarwood, Gwen Collected Poems 1943-1995Hewett, Dorothy Halfway up the Mountain

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Hope, A. D. Selected Poetry and Prose

Jones, Jill Broken/Open

Kendall, Henry Selected Poems of Henry Kendall

Maiden, Jennifer Intimate Geography: Selected Poems 1991-2010

Murray, Les Collected Poems

Neilson, John Shaw edited by Gray, Robert Selected Poems

Noonuccal, Oodgeroo My People: A Kath Walker Collection

Porter, Dorothy The Monkey’s Mask

Ryan, Gig New and Selected Poems

Shapcott, Thomas Selected Poems: Thomas Shapcott

Skovron, Alex The Man and the Map

Slessor, Kenneth Selected Poems

Tranter, John Urban Myths: 210 Poems

Webb, Francis Collected Poems

Wright, Judith Collected Poems, 1942-1985

Zwicky, Fay Poems 1970-1992

ANTHOLOGYEdited by Stewart, Douglas and Keesing, Nancy Australian Bush Ballads

Edited by Turner, Ian; Factor, June and Lowenstien, Wendy Cinderella Dressed in Yella

Lysenko, Myron et al. Live Sentences

Edited by Jose, Nicholas Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature

Edited by Heiss, Anita and Minter, Peter Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature

Edited by Leonard, John The Puncher and Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry

Edited by Harrison, Jennifer, and Waterhouse, Kate Motherlode: Australian Women’s Poetry, 1986-2008

Edited by Jennings, Kate Mother I’m Rooted: An Anthology of Australian Women Poets

Edited by Greenwood, Kerry On Murder: True Crime Writing in Australia

Edited by Farrell, Michael, and Jones, Jill Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets

Edited by Modjeska, Drusilla The Best Australian Essays 2007

CHILDREN’S BOOKSEdited by Scott-Mitchell, Clare and Griffith, Kathlyn 100 Australian Poems for Children

Abdulla, Ian As I Grew Older

Allen, Pamela Who Sank the Boat?

Baillie, Allan Little Brother

Baker, Jeannie MirrorBaker, Jeannie Where the Forest Meets the SeaCarmody, Isobelle The GatheringCrew, Gary Strange ObjectsDubosarsky, Ursula The Red ShoeFrench, Jackie and Whatley, Bruce FloodGermein, Katrina and Bancroft, Bronwyn Big Rain ComingGleeson, Libby and Blackwood, Freya Amy and LouisGraham, Bob Crusher is ComingGraham, Bob How to Heal a Broken WingGreene, Gracie; Tramacchi, Joe and Gill, Lucille Tjarany Roughtail

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Gleeson, Libby and Greder, Armin The Great BearHartnett, Sonya and Masciullo, Lucia Come Down, Cat!Hartnett, Sonya The Silver DonkeyHobbs, Leigh The Big Book of Old TomKelleher, Victor TarongaKing, Stephen Michael Milli, Jack and the Dancing CatLalara, Rhoda Dugururru and Alfred Yirruwa Yirrilikienuma-langwa/When We Go WalkaboutLestor, Alison Are We There Yet?McDonald, Meme and Pryor, Boori Monty My GirragundjiMillard, Glenda and Cool, Rebecca Isabella’s GardenMorimoto, Junko The Two BulliesNoonuccal, Oodgeroo and Bancroft, Bronwyn Stradbroke DreamtimeOliver, Narelle Don’t Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen!Papunya School Papunya School Book of Country and HistoryPark, Ruth Playing Beatie BowPaterson, A. B. and Niland, Deborah and Kilmeny Mulga Bill’s Bicycle

Pedley, Ethel C. Dot and the KangarooRoughsey, Dick [Goobalathaldin] The Rainbow SerpentRubinstein, Gillian Beyond the LabyrinthSouthall, Ivan Ash RoadThiele, Colin Storm BoyTurner, Ethel Seven Little AustraliansUtemorrah, Daisy and Torres, Pat Do Not Go Around the EdgesWagner, Jenny and Brooks, Ron The Bunyip of Berkeley’s CreekWheatley, Nadia Five Times DizzyWheatley, Nadia and Rawlins, Donna My PlaceWild, Margaret and Brooks, Ron FoxWild, Margaret and Blackwood, Freya The Treasure BoxWrightson, Patricia I Own the Racecourse NARRATIVE/HISTORY

Blainey, Geoffrey The Tyranny of DistanceClendinnen, Inga Dancing With StrangersFunder, Anna StasilandGarner, Helen The House of Grief

Inglis, K. S. This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983Karskens, Grace The Colony: A History of Early SydneyKeneally, Thomas Australians: Origins to EurekaReynolds, Henry The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of AustraliaRodriguez, Judith The Hanging of Minnie ThwaitesRolls, Eric A Million Wild AcresSouter, Gavin A Peculiar PeopleTench, Watkin A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port JacksonUnaipon, David Legendary Tales of the Australian AboriginesWard, Russell The Australian Legend OPINIONBryson, John Evil AngelsFlannery, Tim Here on EarthHeiss, Anita Dhuuluu-yala (To Talk Straight)Hooper, Chloe The Tall ManMasters, Chris JonestownWatson, Don Death Sentence

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MEMOIRBlain, Georgia Births Deaths Marriages: True TalesDavidson, Robyn TracksDessaix, Robert A Mother’s DisgraceDeveson, Anne Tell Me I’m HereFacey, A. B. A Fortunate LifeFlick, Isabel and Goodall, Heather Isabel FlickGaita, Raimond Romulus, My FatherJames, Clive Unreliable MemoirsRoughsey, Dick [Goobalathaldin] Moon and Rainbow: The Autobiography of an AboriginalHanrahan, Barbara The Scent of EucalyptusHuggins, Rita and Huggins, Jackie Auntie RitaLangford, Ruby Ginibi Don’t Take Your Love To TownIsaacs, Jennifer and Marika, Wandjuk Wandjuk Marika: Life StoryPilkington, Doris Follow the Rabbit-Proof FenceSayer, Mandy VelocitySherborne, Craig Hoi Polloi

BIOGRAPHYBungey, Darleen Arthur Boyd: A Life

Day, David John Curtin: A Life

Hill, Barry Broken Song: T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession

Marr, David Barwick

Rowley, Hazel Christina Stead: A Biography

ESSAYAltman, Dennis Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation

Brett, Judith Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People

Clift, Charmian Selected Essays

Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch

Horne, Donald The Lucky Country

Modjeska, Drusilla Stravinsky’s Lunch

MISCELLANEOUS

Brooks, Geraldine Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women

Cathcart, Michael Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent

Greenwood, Mark and Lessac, Frane Ned Kelly and the Green Sash

Kefala, Antigone Sydney Journals: Reflections 1970-2000

Kelly, Ned The Jerilderie Letter

YOUNG ADULTMarchetta, Melina Looking For Alibrandi

Marsden, John Tomorrow When the War Began

Morgan, Sally My Place

Winton, Tim Blueback

GRAPHIC NOVELSGrant, Pat Blue

Greenberg, Nicki The Great Gatsby

Tan, Shaun The Arrival

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