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This anthology contains a selection of
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In a survey of possible
Christmas book gifts for children in
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CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works
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101:The Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry
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576:When Jays Fly to Barbmo
492:Rafferty Rides a Winner
456:All the Proud Tribesmen
1156:by Clare Atkins (2019)
769:by Simon French (1987)
345:Good Luck to the Rider
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1193:by Rebecca Lim (2022)
837:Looking for Alibrandi
626:Family at the Lookout
504:The Family Conspiracy
378:Harold Arthur Lindsay
315:Verity of Sydney Town
999:Michael Gerard Bauer
785:Beyond the Labyrinth
678:by Ruth Manly (1979)
676:The Plum-Rain Scroll
1268:Australian folklore
774:So Much to Tell You
727:Master of the Grove
369:The First Walkabout
153:Mrs. Langloh Parker
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938:48 Shades of Brown
874:Gillian Rubinstein
789:Gillian Rubinstein
741:Patricia Wrightson
717:The Valley Between
706:Playing Beatie Bow
670:Patricia Wrightson
638:Patricia Wrightson
581:Margaret Balderson
557:Mavis Thorpe Clark
402:Enid Moodie Heddle
390:Patricia Wrightson
327:The Australia Book
214:, 11 December 1957
155:, Mervyn Skipper,
143:Critical reception
125:Enid Moodie Heddle
48:Children's fiction
29:Enid Moodie Heddle
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666:The Ice is Coming
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409:Tiger in the Bush
385:The Crooked Snake
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987:Melina Marchetta
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854:Isobelle Carmody
842:Melina Marchetta
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1134:Claire Zorn
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1011:J. C. Burke
812:Robin Klein
767:All We Know
699:Lee Harding
552:The Min-Min
485:L. H. Evers
473:Nan Chauncy
426:Nan Chauncy
414:Nan Chauncy
332:Eve Pownall
273:Leslie Rees
161:Dal Stivens
1257:Categories
1203:Tom Taylor
1154:Between Us
1148:Fiona Wood
1124:Fiona Wood
1104:Fiona Wood
1090:Sea Hearts
1017:Red Spikes
943:Nick Earls
903:Eye to Eye
433:Sea Menace
400:edited by
195:Austlit -
179:References
1120:Cloudwish
1058:Jarvis 24
1051:2010–2019
1041:Shaun Tan
930:2000–2009
864:Gary Crew
824:Gary Crew
799:1990–1999
711:Ruth Park
686:1980–1989
591:1970–1979
448:1960–1969
438:John Gunn
295:1950–1959
260:1946–1949
131:in 1957.
76:Australia
53:Publisher
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870:Foxspell
645:Fly West
540:Ash Road
167:See also
35:Language
468:Tangara
212:The Age
149:The Age
39:English
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