Books of interest
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The Cambridge History of Australian Literature
by Publication Date: 2009A comprehensive book covering Australian national literature including children's literature. -
A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature
by Publication Date: 2013Not only has the number of published texts by contemporary Australian Aboriginals risen sharply, but scholars and publishers have also recently begun recovering earlier published and unpublished Indigenous works.
Find background information and overviews of topics using:
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The fiction gateway: enriching the curriculum with children's literature
by Publication Date: 2009Use this handbook to discover how to use literature in cross-curriculum learning.
Some starters
Remember to always evaluate the information your find.
Keywords
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Australian literature, Australian children's literature, Australian fiction, Aboriginal, Indigenous, non-Indigenous, Indigenous stories, Indigenous fiction, multicultural, migrants, immigrants, refugees, Australian history, historical, historical works, colonisation, urban literature, landscape, dreaming, dreaming stories, traditional stories, the outback, portrayal, interpretation, criticism, views, context, race, racism, race in literature, racism in literature, conflict, society, social aspects, social conflict, politics, Australian authors, Australian illustrators, popular literature
Australian authors and illustrators
- Do an author search in the Library catalogue e.g. Bob Graham
- Go to the Children's Book Council of Australia and look at the various age groups for the Children's Book of the Year Awards. E,g. Picture Books, Early Childhood, Younger Readers and Older Readers
- Search the Internet to see if the author / illustrator has a website. For example:
Australian fiction shelf
The Library has a range of children, young adult and adult Australian fiction in the collection. Here are a few:
