See the introduction to this resource list for further information and approaches to support student selection of their own texts at http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/teachingideas/belonging/index.htm
Prose fiction
Title |
Author |
Publication date * Published in Australia unless otherwise noted. |
Review |
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Novels |
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Angela |
Moloney, James |
1998 |
Scan database |
Apache |
Landman, Tanya |
2007 |
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Black water |
Metzenthen, David |
2007 |
Scan 26.4 |
Blackthorn |
Pulford, Elizabeth |
2008 |
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Boofheads |
Johnson, Mo |
2008 |
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Boy in the striped pyjamas, The |
Boyne, John |
UK, 2005 |
Scan 25.3 |
Catcher in the rye, The |
Salinger, J D |
USA, 1951 |
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Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, The |
Keneally, Thomas |
1972 |
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Child in time, The |
McEwan, Ian |
UK, 1987 |
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Child of time |
Asimov, Isaac |
1992 |
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Chocolate war, The |
Cormier, Robert |
1975 |
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Cider House rules, The |
Irving, John |
USA, 1985 |
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Clan of the cave bear |
Auel, Jean M. |
1981 |
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Cold skin |
Herrick, Steven |
2007 |
Scan 27.1 |
Color purple, The |
Walker, Alice |
USA, 1982 |
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Daughter of the wind |
Staples, Suzanne Fisher |
UK, 1990 |
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Deadly Unna? |
Gwynne, Phillip |
1998 |
Scan database |
December boys, The |
Noonan, Michael |
1990 |
Scan 25.4 |
Dirt music |
Winton, Tim |
2001 |
Scan database |
Divisadero |
Ondaatje, Michael |
UK, 2007 |
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Does my head look big in this? |
Abdel-Fattah, Randa |
2005 |
Scan 25.1 |
Don't take your love to town |
Ginibi, Ruby Langford |
1988 |
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Far country, A |
Mason, Daniel |
UK, 2007 |
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Fearless |
Lott, Tim |
UK, 2007 |
Scan27.4 |
Feral kid |
Hathorn, Libby |
1994 |
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Fly away Peter |
Malouf, David |
1982 |
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Handmaid's tale, The |
Atwood, Margaret |
UK, 1986 |
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Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone |
Rowling, J. K. |
UK, 1997 |
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Havenstar |
Noramly, Glenda |
UK, 1999 |
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Heart of darkness |
Conrad, Joseph |
UK, 1973 |
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Hobbit, The |
Tolkien, J. R. R. |
1966 |
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Homecoming |
Voigt, Cynthia |
1983 |
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Hunchback of Notre Dame, The |
Hugo, Victor |
France, 1831 |
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I am the cheese |
Cormier, Robert |
1977 |
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Incognito |
Carmichael, Claire |
2000 |
Scan database |
Inheritance |
Chang, Lan Samantha |
2005 |
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Keeper |
Peet, Mal |
2003 |
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Killer's tears, The |
Bondoux, Anne-Laure |
2006 |
Scan26.4 |
Kite runner, The |
Hosseini, Khaled |
USA, 2004 |
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Knife never letting go, The |
Ness, Patrick |
UK, 2008 |
Scan27.4 |
Leaving Barrumbi |
Norrington, Leonie |
2007 |
Scan 27.3 |
Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo |
Winton, Tim |
1990 |
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Looking for Alibrandi |
Marchetta, Melina |
1992 |
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Lord of the flies |
Golding, William |
UK, 1954 |
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Love like water |
McDonald, Meme |
2007 |
Scan 27.3 |
Metamorphosis |
Kafka, Franz |
USA, 1946 |
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Mister Pip |
Jones, Lloyd |
2006 |
Scan26.2 |
Mixing it |
Hayes, Rosemary |
2007 |
Scan 27.2 |
My brilliant career |
Franklin, Miles |
1901 |
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Nineteen eighty-four |
Orwell, George |
UK, 1949 |
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Of mice and men |
Steinbeck, John |
UK, 1937 |
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One flew over the cuckoo's nest |
Kesey, Ken |
USA, 1962 |
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Only the heart |
Caswell, B. & Chiem, D. |
1997 |
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Other Side of Truth, The |
Naidoo, Beverley |
UK, 2000 |
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Outcast, The |
Bernard, Patricia |
1997 |
Scan database |
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
USA, 2004 |
Scan25.1 |
Outsider, The |
Camus, Albert |
UK, 1946 |
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Outsiders, The |
Hinton, S E |
USA, 1967 |
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Plague, The |
Camus, Albert |
UK, 1948 |
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Power of one, The |
Courtenay, Bryce |
UK, 1989 |
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Pox party, The |
Anderson, M.T. |
2006 |
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Remembering Babylon |
Malouf, David |
1993 |
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Riders, The |
Winton, Tim |
1994 |
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Rouseabout, The |
Treasure, Rachael |
2007 |
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Scarlet letter, The |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
1906 |
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Secret River, The |
Grenville, Kate |
2005 |
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Ten things I hate about me |
Abdel-Fattah, Randa |
2006 |
Scan26.2 |
That eye the sky |
Winton, Tim |
1986 |
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Things fall apart |
Achebe, Chinua |
1962 |
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Tigana |
Kay, Guy Gavriel |
1990 |
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To kill a mockingbird |
Lee, Harper |
USA, 1960 |
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Tomorrow when the war began |
Marsden, John |
1993 |
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Under the persimmon tree |
Staples, Suzanne Fisher |
2006 |
Scan25.4 |
Under the same stars |
Staples, Suzanne Fisher |
2007 |
Scan28.1 |
Walking naked |
Brugman, Alyssa |
2002 |
Scan22.1 |
White earth, The |
McGahan, Andrew |
2004 |
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Wild Cat Falling |
Mudrooroo |
1966 |
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Short stories |
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Black juice: Singing my sister down |
Lanaghan, Margo |
2004 |
Scan 23.4 |
Fig tree, The |
Zable, Arnold |
2002 |
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Interpreter of maladies |
Lahiri, Jhumpa |
1999 |
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Place on earth, A |
Tredinnick, Mark (ed.) |
2003 |
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Songs of the suitcase |
Dell'Oso, Anna Maria |
1998 |
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Tales from outer suburbia |
Tan, Shaun |
2008 |
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True blue?: on being Australian |
Goldsworthy, Peter (ed.) |
2008 |
Scan 27.2 |
Turning, The |
Winton, Tim |
2006 |
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Drama
Title |
Author |
Publication date |
Review |
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Away |
Gow, Michael |
1986 |
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Box the pony |
Rankin, S. & Purcell, L. |
1999 |
Scan database |
Caucasian chalk circle, The |
Brecht, Bertolt |
1972 |
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Club, The |
Williamson, David |
1978 |
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Dreamers, The |
Davis, Jack |
1982 |
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Heartbreak kid, The |
Barrett, Richard |
1988 |
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No sugar |
Davis, Jack |
1986 |
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Othello |
Shakespeare, William |
2003 |
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Story of the miracles at Cookie's table, The |
Enoch, Wesley |
2007 |
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Taming of the Shrew, The |
Shakespeare, William |
2003 |
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Tempest, The |
Shakespeare, William |
2002 |
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Three plays: Norm and Ahmed, Rooted, The Roy Murphy show |
Buzo, Alex |
1973 |
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Endgame |
Beckett, Samuel |
1964 |
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Stolen |
Harrison, Jane |
1998 |
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Radiance |
Nowra, Louis |
1993 |
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A beautiful life |
Futcher, M. & Howard, H. |
2000 |
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Parramatta girls |
Valentine, Alana |
2007 |
Scan27.2 |
Poetry
Title |
Author |
Publication Date |
Review |
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Verse |
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‘Mending Wall' |
Frost, Robert |
USA, 1915 |
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‘Municipal gum' |
Noonuccal, Oodgeroo |
1960 |
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‘My Artist Son' |
Noonuccal, Oodgeroo |
1988 |
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‘My Beautiful Child' |
Roach, Archie |
1992 |
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‘The Wasteland' |
Eliot, T.S. |
UK, 1922 |
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‘Took the Children Away' |
Roach, Archie |
1992 |
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‘We are going' |
Noonuccal, Oodgeroo |
1964 |
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‘William Street' |
Slessor, Kenneth |
1935 |
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Collections |
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At the round Earth's imagined corners(but avoid the poems set for study for Standard Module C Elective 2: Into the World) |
Watson, Ken (ed.) |
2005 |
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By the river |
Herrick, Steven |
2004 |
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Inside black Australia: an anthology of Aboriginal poetry |
Gilbert, Kevin (ed.) |
1988 |
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New selected poems 1966-1987(but avoid the poems set for study for Extension 1 Module B Elective 3: Navigating the Global) |
Heaney, Seamus |
1992 |
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Sometimes gladness: collected poems 1954 to 1997 |
Dawe, Bruce |
1997 |
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Stradbroke dreamtime |
Walker, Kath |
1972 |
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Song lyrics |
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Artist |
Date |
Album / Producer / Company |
‘Beautiful letdown, The' |
Switchfoot |
2003 |
The Beautiful Letdown /produced by John Fields / Columbia Sony BMG |
‘Englishman in New York' |
Sting |
1987 |
Nothing like the Sun/ A&M Records |
‘From little things big things grow' |
Carmody, Kevin & Kelly, Paul |
1991 |
Comedy (1991) / Mushroom Records |
‘My island home' |
Murray, Neil |
1986 |
Go Bush /performed by Warumpi Band /Parole Records |
‘My island home' |
Anu, Christine |
1995 |
Stylin' up / Mushroom Records |
‘My island home' |
Tiddas |
1998 |
Radiance Soundtrack /produced by Alistair Jones |
‘She's leaving home' |
McCartney, Paul & Lennon, John |
1967 |
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/ produced by George Martin / Parlophone Capitol |
‘We belong' |
Benatar, Pat |
1985 |
Best Shots (1989 )/ Capitol Records |
‘Youth of the nation' |
P.O.D. |
2001 |
Satellite / Atlantic Christian |
‘Working class hero' * explicit language |
Lennon, John |
1970 |
John Lennon /Plastic Ono Band / Capitol |
‘Working class hero' |
Lennon, John/ Greenday |
1995 |
Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon (Various artists) / Hollywood records |
Non fiction
Title |
Author |
Publication date* |
Review |
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A question of colour |
Healey, Kaye (ed.) |
1992 |
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Adopted children in the Kelly family, The - Nhung dua con nuoi trong gia dinh Kelly |
Thai Huy, Nguyen & Vinh, Phuong |
1984 |
|
Almost lost: the true story of an anonymous teenager's life on the streets |
Sparks, Beatrice (ed.) |
1996 |
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Alone by myself |
Woss, Melanie |
2002 |
|
Angela's ashes: a memoir of a childhood |
McCourt, Frank |
UK, 1997 |
|
Anne Frank and the children of the Holocaust |
Lee, Carol Ann |
2006 |
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As nature made him: the boy who was raised as a girl |
Colapinto, John |
2000 |
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Australian immigration stories 1900-1940 |
Courtney, L. & Massola, L. |
2004 |
Scan 24.2 |
Australian immigration stories 1940-1960 |
Courtney, L. & Massola, L. |
2004 |
Scan 24.2 |
Australian immigration stories 1960-1980 |
Courtney, L. & Massola, L. |
2004 |
Scan 24.2 |
Being in a wheelchair |
Keith, Lois |
1998 |
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Belonging: home away from home |
Huggan, Isabel |
2003 |
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Beyond the red door |
Shaw, Janet |
2004 |
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Boy's life, A |
Davis, Jack |
1991 |
Database review |
Broken circles: fragmenting indigenous families 1800-2000 |
Haebich, Anna |
2000 |
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Burn journals, The |
Runyon, Brent |
UK, 2006 |
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Careful, he might not hear you |
Solomon, Rosa |
1990 |
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Chinese Cinderella: the secret story of an unwanted daughter |
Yen Mah, Adeline |
1999 |
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Desert dawn |
Dirie, W. & D'Haem, J. |
UK, 2002 |
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Diving-bell and the butterfly, The |
Bauby, Jean-Dominique |
UK, 1997 |
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Don't take your love to town |
Langford, Ruby |
1988 |
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Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter |
Mah, Adeline Yen |
1997 |
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Follow the rabbit–proof fence |
Pilkington, Doris |
2002 |
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Girl, interrupted |
Kaysen, Susanna |
UK, 2000 |
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Girls like you |
Sheehan, Paul |
2006 |
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Glory garage, The: growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia |
Jamal, N. & Chandab, T. |
2005 |
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Growing up Asian in Australia |
Pung, Alice (ed.) |
2008 |
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Home and away: Australian stories of belonging and alienation |
Benet, B. & Hayes, S. (ed.) |
2000 |
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I had a black dog: his name was Depression |
Johnstone, Matthew |
2005 |
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Immigration and asylum |
Teichmann, Iris |
2002 |
Scan 21.4 |
Infidel |
Hirsi, Ayaan |
UK, 2008 |
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Life as an immigrant |
Teichmann, Iris |
USA, 2005 |
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Look me in the eye: my life with Asperger's |
Robison, John E. |
2007 |
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Lost children: thirteen Australians taken from their Aboriginal families, The |
Edwards, C. & Read, P. (ed.) |
1989 |
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Lost German slave girl, The |
Bailey, John |
2003 |
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Mao's last dancer |
Cunxin, Li |
2003 |
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Maybe tomorrow |
Pryor, B. & Macdonald, M. |
1998 |
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My place |
Morgan, Sally |
1987 |
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No logo |
Klein, Naomi |
2000 |
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Queen bees & wannabes |
Wiseman, Rosalind |
USA, 2002 |
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Reconciliation |
Cahir, Sandra |
2002 |
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Reconciliation, it starts with me |
Carnegie, J. & Hastings, T. |
2000 |
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Refugee interviews |
Neustatter, A. & Elliott, H. |
UK, 2005 |
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Refugee refugees see the East Timorese? |
Duong, X. |
2000 |
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Refugees |
Maddocks, Steven |
USA, 2004 |
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Refugees & asylum seekers |
Dalton, Dave |
2005 |
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Respecting cultural differences |
Watson, Susan |
2003 |
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Reviving Ophelia |
Pipher, Mary |
1996 |
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Riding in cars with boys |
Donofrio, Beverly |
UK, 2001 |
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Say it out loud: journey of a real cowboy |
Sutton, A. & McMahon, N. |
2007 |
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Self-made man: my year disguised as a man |
Vincent, Nora |
UK, 2006 |
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Shades of belonging: conversations with Australian Jews |
Korn, Neer |
1999 |
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Shame |
Sanghera, Jasvinder |
UK, 2007 |
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Sophie's journey |
Collings, Sally |
2007 |
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Stolen Generations, The |
Healey, Justin (ed.) |
2001 |
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Trouble in my head: a young girl's fight with depression |
Monaque, Mathilde |
UK, 2007 |
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Under the Wintamarra tree |
Pilkington, Doris |
2002 |
Scan22.2 |
Unwanted, The: a memoir |
Nguyen, Kien |
2001 |
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Where the sea takes us: a Vietnamese - Australian story |
Huynh, Kim |
2007 |
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Youth gangs |
Healey, Kaye (ed.) |
1996 |
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Film
Title |
Director |
Publication date * |
Review |
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300 (MA) |
Snyder, Zack |
USA, 2007 |
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A beautiful mind (M) |
Howard, Ron |
USA, 2001 |
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An angel at my table(M) |
Campion, Jane |
1990 |
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An officer and a gentleman (M) |
Hackford, Taylor |
USA, 1981 |
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As it is in Heaven (M) |
Pollak, Kay |
Sweden, 2005 |
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Australia |
Luhrmann, Baz |
2008 |
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Babel (MA) |
Iñárritu, Alejandro González |
2007 |
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Band's visit, The (M) |
Kolirin, Eran |
Israel, 2007 |
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Bend it like Beckham (PG) |
Chadha, Gurinder |
UK, 2002 |
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Beneath clouds (M) |
Sen, Ivan |
2001 |
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Brokeback Mountain (M) |
Lee, Ang |
USA, 2005 |
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Children of men (MA) |
Cuarón, Alfonso |
USA, 2006 |
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Cider house rules, The (M) |
Hallström, Lasse |
USA, 1998 |
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Clueless(M) |
Heckerling, Amy |
USA, 1995 |
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Color purple, The (PG) |
Spielberg, Steven |
USA, 1985 |
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Cruel intentions(MA) |
Kumble, Roger |
USA, 1999 |
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Cry freedom (PG) |
Attenborough, Richard |
1987, UK |
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Dead poets society(PG) |
Weir, Peter |
USA, 1989 |
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December boys(PG) |
Hardy, Rod |
UK, 2006 |
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Donnie Darko (M) |
Kelly, Richard |
USA, 2004 |
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E.T. the extra-terrestrial (PG) |
Speilberg, Steven |
USA, 1982 |
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Earth (MA) |
Mehta, Deepa |
Ind/Can, 1998 |
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Educating Rita |
Gilbert, Lewis |
UK, 1983 |
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Edward Scissorhands(PG) |
Burton, Tim |
USA, 1990 |
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Elephant man, The (M) |
Lynch, David |
USA, 1980 |
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Far from heaven (M) |
Haynes, Todd |
USA, 2003 |
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Fire (MA) |
Mehta, Deepa |
Ind/Can, 1996 |
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Freedom writers(M) |
LaGravenese, Richard |
USA, 2006 |
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Fried green tomatoes (PG) |
Avnet, Jon |
USA, 1992 |
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Gandhi (M) |
Attenborough, Richard |
UK/Ind, 1982 |
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Glory road(PG) |
Gartner, James |
USA, 2006 |
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Grease(PG) |
Kleiser, Randal |
USA, 1978 |
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Happy feet (G) |
Miller, George |
UK, 2006 |
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Hotel Rwanda (M) |
George, Terry |
USA, 2005 |
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Howl's moving castle (PG) |
Miyazaki, Hayao |
Japan, 2005 |
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Ice age (G) |
Wedge, Chris |
USA, 2002 |
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Into the wild (M) |
Penn, Sean |
USA, 2007 |
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Kite runner, The (M) |
Forster, Marc |
USA, 2007 |
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Leaving of Liverpool, The (M) |
Jenkins, Michael |
UK, 2005 |
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Life is beautiful (M) |
Benigni, Roberto |
USA, 1997 |
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Little Miss Sunshine (M) |
Dayton, Jonathon |
USA, 2007 |
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Lives of others, The (MA) |
von Donnersmarck, Florian H. |
Ger, 2006 |
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Miss Potter (G) |
Noonan, Chris |
UK, 2007 |
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Monsoon wedding (M) |
Nair, Mira |
USA, 2001 |
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Muriel's wedding (M) |
Hogan, Paul |
1994 |
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My big fat Greek wedding (G) |
Zwick, Joel |
USA, 2001 |
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My brilliant career (G) |
Armstrong, Gillian |
1979 |
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Nineteen eighty-four (M) |
Radford, Michael |
UK, 1984 |
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Not without my daughter (PG) |
Gilbert, Brian |
USA, 1990 |
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Of mice and men (M) |
Sinise, Gary |
USA, 1992 |
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One flew over the cuckoo's nest (M) |
Forman, Milos |
USA, 1975 |
|
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One night the moon (M) |
Perkins, Rachel |
2000 |
|
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Oscar and Lucinda (M) |
Armstrong, Gillian |
1997 |
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Pan's labyrinth (MA) |
Del Toro, Guillermo |
Finland, 2006 |
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Places in the heart (PG) |
Benton, Robert |
USA, 1984 |
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Pursuit of happyness, The (M) |
Muccino, Gabriele |
USA, 2007 |
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Radiance (M) |
Perkins, Rachel |
1997 |
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Remember the Titans(PG) |
Yakin, Boaz |
USA, 2000 |
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Save the last dance 2(M) |
Petrarca, David |
USA, 2006 |
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Saved!(M) |
Dannelly, Brian |
USA, 2005 |
|
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Secret of Roan Inish, The (G) |
Sayles, John |
USA, 1994 |
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She's the man (PG) |
Fickman, Andy |
USA, 2006 |
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Shine(PG) |
Hicks, Scott |
1999 |
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Slaughterhouse-five (M) |
Hill, George Roy |
USA, 1972 |
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Snow falling on cedars(M) |
Hicks, Scott |
USA, 1999 |
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Spirited away (PG) |
Miyazaki, Hayao |
Jap, 2002 |
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Stranger than fiction (M) |
Forster, Marc |
USA, 2006 |
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Talented Mr Ripley, The(M) |
Minghella, Anthony |
USA, 1999 |
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Thelma & Louise(M) |
Scott, Ridley |
USA, 1991 |
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To kill a mockingbird(PG) |
Mulligan, Robert |
USA, 1962 |
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To Sir, with love(PG) |
Clavell, James |
UK, 1967 |
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Tracker, The (MA) |
Schechter, Jeff |
Can, 2001 |
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Transamerica(MA) |
Tucker, Duncan |
USA, 2005 |
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Visitor, The(M) |
McCarthy, Tom |
USA, 2008 |
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Waking Ned Devine (PG) |
Jones, Kirk |
UK, 1998 |
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Water (M) |
Mehta, Deepa |
Ind/Can, 2005 |
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West side story(PG) |
Wise, Robert |
USA, 1961 |
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Whale rider(PG) |
Caro, Niki |
NZ, 2002 |
Scan24.2 |
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What's eating Gilbert Grape?(PG) |
Hallstrom, Lasse |
USA, 1998 |
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Wit (M) |
Nichols, Mike |
USA, 2001 |
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Yolngu boy (M) |
Johnson, Stephen |
2001 |
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Documentaries |
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1960: skin deep |
Marzynski, Marian |
USA, 1999 |
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Frontline: a class divided |
Peters, William |
USA, 1985 |
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Four Corners: A deathly silence |
McDermott, Quentin |
2006 |
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A sense of place |
Ferris, Marie |
2007 |
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Babakiueria |
Featherstone, Don |
1980 |
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Band of brothers |
Williams, Gareth |
UK, 2001 |
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Blue eyed |
Verhaag, Bertram |
USA, 1996 |
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Boy who plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan |
Grabsky, Phil |
UK , 2004 |
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Boy who was turned into a girl, The |
BBC TV |
UK, 2000 |
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Boys don't dance |
McGowan, Nicki |
2005 |
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Choir of hard knocks |
Welch, Jonathon |
2007 |
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Compass: Coming of the light |
Patrick, R. & Edmondson M. |
2006 |
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Compass: A small town welcome |
Bare, Ili |
2008 |
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Cry from the heart: the stolen generation |
Kendall, Jeni |
1999 |
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Emily's eyes |
Douglas–Henry, J. |
1999 |
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Frank & Daz take on the world! |
Rymer, Judy |
2007 |
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Geisha girl |
Conway, Darren |
UK, 2005 |
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Jihad Sheilas |
Gombac, Renata |
2008 |
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Mabo:life of an island man |
Graham, Trevor |
1997 |
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Marking time |
Nowlan, Cherie |
2003 |
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My brother Vinnie |
McGregor, Steven |
2007 |
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My flesh and blood |
Karsh, Jonathan |
USA,2003 |
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My left foot: the story of Christy Brown |
Sheridan, Jim |
UK, 1989 |
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Operation Babylift |
Le, Dai |
2005 |
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Out of our minds |
Carlin, David |
2001 |
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Painting with light in a dark world |
Ettinger–Epsetin, S. |
2003 |
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Paradise bent: boys will be girls in Samoa |
Croall, Heather |
1999 |
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Race for the beach |
Erson, Alan |
2007 |
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Refugee like me |
Travers, Carmel |
2002 |
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Riot and revenge |
Jackson, Liz |
2006 |
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Saying sorry: the day the nation cried |
(Message Stick) |
2008 |
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Three seconds from glory |
Goldie, David |
2000 |
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Trading races |
Russell, David |
2002 |
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Multimedia
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Article from The Age (online): Sudanese settlers feel ‘thin sense of belonging', October 13, 2007 www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/12/1191696174833.html |
Farouque, Farah |
2007 |
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Article in the Medical Journal of Australia citing that boys need a sense of belonging: www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_08_161006/phi10330_fm.html |
Phillips, William J |
2006 |
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Article/paper from Southern Cross University Coffs Harbour: Ecologies of Care: Belonging in Un/Australia by Kim Satchell - www.unaustralia.com/electronicpdf/Unsatchell.pdf |
Satchell , Kim |
2006 |
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Belonging, A Century Celebrated |
NLA |
2000 |
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Beyond Sorry (2005) |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Blood Brothers – From Little Things Big Things Grow (1993)australianscreen.com.au/titles/blood-brothers-little-things/clip2/ |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Bran Nue Dae(1991) |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Brisbane stories |
A Brisbane City Council Community |
2005 |
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Chief Seattle (speeches) |
Arbor Heights, USA |
2003 |
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Film Australia Digital Learning: Sense of Belonging |
Screen Australia |
2008 |
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Gulpilil – One Red Blood(2002) australianscreen.com.au/titles/gulpilil-one-red-blood/clip1/ |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2007) Us taken-away kids module |
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
2008 |
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Interview with Jeannie Baker on Belonging – www.jeanniebaker.com/focus_web/belonging_interview.htm |
Jeannie Baker |
2004 |
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Molly and Mobarak(2003) |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Museum of London: Belonging |
Museum of London |
2008 |
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Online article: Transformasia: A Sense of Belonging – www.transformasia.com.au/article-028.html |
Transformasia |
2008 |
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Philia: A dialogue on caring citizenship: Belonging and Inclusion – www.philia.ca/cms_en/page1342.cfm?&presto_format=print |
Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary (DDRC) |
2008 |
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Scattered People |
A Brisbane City Council Community |
2005 |
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Shifting Sands – My Colour Your Kind(1998) - australianscreen.com.au/titles/shifting-sands-my-colour/clip2/ |
National film & sound archive |
2008 |
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Talk it Up Chalk It Up: Peer Culture and Belonging www.abc.net.au/talkitup/chalkitup/peerculture.htm |
ABC |
2008 |
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The Belonging Initiative article: Loneliness can take toll on health www.plan.ca/belong/2007/11/loneliness-can-take-toll-on-health.html |
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2007 |
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Voices of Australia |
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
2008 |
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Yellow Fellow (2005) |
National film & sound archive |
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Title |
Author |
Publication Date* |
Review Scanissue |
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Picture book |
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Arrival, The |
Tan, Shaun |
2008 |
Scan26.2 |
Belonging |
Baker, Jeannie |
2004 |
Scan24.1 |
Big little book of happy sadness, The |
Thompson, Colin |
2008 |
Scan27.4 |
Broken beaks |
Lachenmeyer, N. |
2003 |
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Changes |
Browne, Anthony |
UK, 2008 |
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Dust |
Thompson, Colin |
2007 |
Scan26.4 |
Fox |
Wild, Margaret |
2000 |
Scan database |
Gentleman Jim |
Briggs, Raymond |
UK, 1980 |
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Henry and Amy: right-way-round upside down |
King, Stephen Michael |
1998 |
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Hidden forest, The |
Baker, Jeannie |
2000 |
Scan database |
Home and away |
Marsden, J. & Ottley, M. |
2008 |
Scan 28.1 |
Home in the sky |
Baker, Jeannie |
1984 |
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How to heal a broken wing |
Graham, Bob |
2008 |
Scan 28.1 |
Into the forest |
Browne, Anthony |
USA, 2004 |
Scan24.1 |
Island, The |
Greder, Armin |
2007 |
Scan 27.1 |
John Brown, Rose and the midnight cat |
Wagner, Jenny |
1979 |
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Let the celebrations begin! |
Wild, Margaret |
1991 |
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Let's eat |
Zamorano, A. |
1996 |
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Lost thing, The |
Tan, Shaun |
2000 |
Scan database |
Man, The |
Briggs, Raymond |
UK, 1992 |
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Memorial |
Crew, Gary & Tan, Shaun |
1999 |
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Millicent |
Baker, Jeannie |
1980 |
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My place |
Wheatly, Nadia |
2008 ed. |
Scan database |
Peasant prince, The |
Cunxin, Li |
2008 |
Scan27.2 |
Rabbits, The |
Marsden, John |
1998 |
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Red tree, The |
Tan, Shaun |
2001 |
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Requiem for a beast |
Ottley, Matt |
2007
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Scan27.1 |
Rose Blanche |
Innocenti, Roberto |
USA, 1985 |
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Short and incredibly happy life of Riley, The |
Thompson, Colin |
2005 |
Scan24.4 |
Singing hat, The |
Riddle, Tohby |
2000 |
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Space travellers |
Wild, Margaret |
1992 |
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Staircase cat, The |
Thompson, Colin |
1998 |
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Story of Rosy Dock |
Baker, Jeannie |
1996 |
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Violin man, The |
Thompson, Colin |
2004 |
Scan23.2 |
We are all born free |
Amnesty International |
2008 |
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Westlandia |
Fleischman, Paul |
2007 ed. |
Scan database |
Where the wild things are |
Sendak, Maurice |
USA, 1963 |
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge |
Fox, Mem |
1990 |
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Window |
Baker, Jeannie |
1991 |
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woolvs in the sitee |
Wild, Margaret |
2006 |
Scan25.4 |
Ziba came on a boat |
Lofthouse, Liz |
2008 |
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Graphic novels |
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Coraline |
Russell, P. Craig |
USA, 2008 |
Scan28.3 |
Great Gatsby, The: a graphic adaptation |
Greenberg, Nicki |
2007 |
Scan28.1 |
Invention of Hugo Cabret, The |
Selznick, Brian |
USA, 2007 |
Scan26.3 |
Maus: a survivor's tale I, My father bleeds history |
Spiegelman, Art |
USA, 1986 |
Scan27.1 |
Maus: a survivor's tale II, and here my troubles began |
Spiegelman, Art |
USA, 1991 |
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Merchant of Venice |
Hinds, Gareth |
USA, 2008 |
Scan28.1 |
Persepolis |
Satrapi, Marjane |
UK, 2003 |
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Persepolis 2 |
Satrapi, Marjane |
UK, 2004 |
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Requiem for a beast |
Ottley, Matt |
2007 |
Scan27.1 |
Sacrifice, The |
Mutard, Bruce |
2008 |
Scan28.3 |
Savage, The |
Almond, David |
2008 |
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Signal to noise |
Gaiman, Neil |
UK, 2007 |
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Trial, The: a graphic novel of Franz Kafka's classic |
Mairowitz, David Zane |
UK, 2008 |
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Visual art |
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American gothic |
Wood, grant |
1930 |
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Anxiety |
Munch, Edvard |
1894 |
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Automat |
Hopper, Edward |
1927 |
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Boy running |
Drysdale, Russell |
1952 |
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Cahill Expressway |
Smart, Jeffrey |
1962 |
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Christina's world |
Wyeth, Andrew |
1948 |
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Despair |
Munch, Edvard |
1893 |
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Down on his luck |
McCubbin, Frederick |
1889 |
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Le Moulin de la Galette |
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste |
1876 |
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Lovers, The |
Magritte, Rene |
1928 |
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Luncheon of the Boating Party |
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste |
1881 |
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Mangula
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Drysdale, Russell |
1961 |
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Morning commuters, The Kubu, Circular Quay, 1938 |
Dupain, Max |
1999 |
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New school, The |
Smart, Jeffrey |
2004 |
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Nightawks |
Hopper, Edward |
1942 |
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Pioneer, The |
McCubbin, Frederick |
1904 |
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Scream, The |
Munch, Edvard |
1893 |
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Separation |
Munch, Edvard |
1900 |
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Something more |
Moffat, Tracey |
1989 |
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Tired soldier in Queensland train 1943 |
Dupain, Max |
1973 |
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Weeping woman |
Picasso, Pablo |
1937 |
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Media
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Program |
Date |
Source |
Duration |
Outline |
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Australian story |
Cry Me a River: Noel and Gerhardt Pearson |
2007 |
ABC TV |
28 min. |
Lifts the lid on a clash of ideologies over the future of some of the most spectacular and pristine areas of Cape York. |
Apology to the Stolen Generations of Australia, The |
2008 |
ABC TV |
120 min. |
The apology in Federal Parliament to the Stolen Generations of Australia, by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was a defining moment in the nation's history. Presented by Tony Jones (Lateline) and Miriam Corowa (Message Stick) this DVD includes complete coverage of the speeches and proceedings with expert analysis and reaction from members of Australia's Stolen Generation. |
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Compass |
From Cronulla to Kokoda |
2007 |
ABC TV |
58 min. |
At the height of the Cronulla race riots a 16-year old Muslim boy climbed the local RSL club's flagpole and threw the Australian flag down to his mates. This is Ali's redemptive journey. This timely story touches on themes of national identity, religion and history. |
Compass |
A sense of place |
2008 |
ABC TV |
52 min. |
All were refugees and through these four very different personalities we examine how they each found their ‘sense of place'. |
Compass |
A small town welcome |
21/03/ 2008 |
ABC TV |
52 min. |
The tiny NSW township of Dorrigo has opened its arms to a Sudanese family. What happens after the first flush of arrival wears off and the hard realities of life in a foreign land with a new language and culture, set in? |
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Radio |
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Life Matters |
Belonging: Isabel Huggan |
2004 |
ABC Radio National |
30 min. |
Isabel Huggan hails from Canada, but has spent much of her adult life living in other parts of the world It's from there that she speaks about identity, belonging, and what makes someone truly at home. |
Life Matters |
Anorexia: Lucy Howard-Taylor
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ABC Radio National |
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The eating disorder anorexia is an illness that can have devastating and sometimes fatal consequences. It places enormous pressure on the individual, their family and friendships, and the ability to function day to day. Lucy Howard-Taylor is 19, and she knows first hand what it's like to battle anorexia, and how hard it is to recover.
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Late Night Live |
Belonging |
02/08/ 2000 |
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Can we justify our attachment to this land when we know about Aboriginal dispossession? Considers the issue of white Australia's sense of belonging & other questions raised in Peter Read's book, Belonging: Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership. |
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News–paper / Journal articles |
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Infocus 1239 |
Stranger in a strange land/ Bouras, Gillian |
1994 |
Changing Places: Australian Writers in Europe 1960s-1990s |
5 p. |
She examines the many layers of cultural identity that coexist within her family and life. She reflects on the concepts of displacement, belonging and homeland through her own sense of identity and those of her husband and children. |
Infocus 1116 |
Tribes of the city/ Molitorisz, Sacha |
1998 |
SMH |
5 p. |
Looks at the variety of teenage tribes that inhabit Sydney. He discusses the various reasons for belonging to these kinds of groups often become a complete way of life. Groups mentioned include goths, bikies, yuppies, teenyboppers, dorks, web geeks and indie kids |
Infocus 2095 |
The other Australians/ Bagnall, Diana |
2001 |
Bulletin with Newsweek |
5p. |
Diana Bagnall interviews a number of second-generation immigrants to find out what their experience has been growing up in multi-cultural Australia. Topics discussed include family relations, cultural identity, new identity, self identity and belonging, racism, changing attitudes, gangs, unemployment and social attitudes. |
I can't be fat, I must be thin/ Szego, Julie |
08/12/ 2007 |
The Age, |
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Research shows that many young people are seriously troubled by body image problems. Will the phenomenon cripple a generation's ability to mature and lead productive, satisfying lives? |
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Seeking security inturbulent times/ Hugh Mackay |
01/10/ 2005 |
The Age |
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Chronic anxiety is driving support for Howard's anti-terrorism measures, writes Hugh Mackay. |
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