CBCA Book of the Year Notables - 2022
Congratulations to all CBCA Notables Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2022.
Notable Books in PDF
Older Readers | Younger Readers | Early Childhood | Picture Book | Eve Pownall
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended
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The Boy from the Mish
Gary Lonesborough
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525880
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Can the Real JR Stand Up, Please?
Nadia L King
Dixi Books Publishing
ISBN: 9781913680176
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Dark Rise
C. S. Pacat
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760875749
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Dirt Circus League
Maree Kimberley
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330253
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Evacuation Road
H. M. Waugh
Rhiza Press
ISBN: 9781761110351
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The Gaps
Leanne Hall
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330482
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Girls in Boys' Cars
Felicity Castagna
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760982980
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Henry Hamlet’s Heart
Rhiannon Wilde
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263149
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House of Hollow
Krystal Sutherland
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143796992
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How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263156
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The Midnight Girls
Alicia Jasinska
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760894733
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Morrison & Mr Moore
Michael Hyde
In Case of Emergency Press
ISBN: 9780645128024
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The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760897512
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Road Tripping with Pearl Nash
Poppy Nwosu
Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781743058435
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Skin Deep
Hayley Lawrence
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760976446
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Social Queue
Kay Kerr
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922458018
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Stars in their Eyes
Jessica Walton and Aśka
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990718
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Sugar Town Queens
Malla Nunn
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526832
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Terciel and Elinor
Garth Nix
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760878818
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Tiger Daughter
Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877644
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Waking Romeo
Kathryn Barker
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760297152
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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
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Always
Morris Gleitzman
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143793243
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Are You There, Buddha?
Pip Harry
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420305
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Cranky Chicken
Katherine Battersby
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420954
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Cuckoo's Flight
Wendy Orr
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524913
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The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel
Nicki Greenberg
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400673
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Dragon Skin
Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526108
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Eliza Vanda's Button Box
Emily Rodda
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460759608
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The Edge of Thirteen
Nova Weetman
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263125
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Elsewhere Girls
Emily Gale & Nova Weetman
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330451
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
Maryam Master
ill. Astred Hicks Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760983512
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Footprints on the Moon
Lorraine Marwood
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702262838
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Fozia and the Quest of Prince Zal
Rosanne Hawke
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263071
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A Glasshouse of Stars
Shirley Marr
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899547
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The Good Times of Pelican Rise: Save the Joeys
Samone Amba
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922419217
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Huda and Me
H. Hayek
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526023
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Listen, Layla
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896065
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Little Gem
Anna Zobel
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896089
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Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)
Katrina Nannestad
ill. Cheryl Orsini HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341656
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Mina and the Whole Wide World
Sherryl Clark
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263231
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My Brother Ben
Peter Carnavas
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263330
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Night Ride into Danger
Jackie French
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460758939
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Pawcasso
Remy Lai
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526771
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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341465
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The Right Way to Rock
Nat Amoore
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760897703
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Seven Wherewithal Way
Samantha-Ellen Bound
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922419224
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Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows
Denis Knight & Cristy Burne
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420190
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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.
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Amira's Suitcase
Vikki Conley
ill. Nicky Johnston New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326133
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Big Love
Megan Jacobson
ill. Beck Feiner Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760652890
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Florence & Fox
Zanni Louise
ill. Anna Pignataro Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651350
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Grumble Boats
Susannah McFarlane
ill. Tamsin Ainslie Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925712919
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Hello World
Lisa Shanahan
ill. Leila Rudge HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340826
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How to Make Friends: A Bear's Guide
Cat Rabbit
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780645069600
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A Human for Kingsley
Gabriel Evans
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760506919
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Jetty Jumping
Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658
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Jumping Joeys
Sarah Allen
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922626004
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Little One
Jane Godwin
ill. Gabriel Evans Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400826
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The March of the Ants
Ursula Dubosarsky
ill. Tohby Riddle Book Trail Press
ISBN: 9780648498919
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A Pair of Pears and an Orange
Anna McGregor
Scribble
ISBN: 9781922310750
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The River
Sally Morgan
ill. Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781922613028
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Sea Country
Aunty Patsy Cameron
ill. Lisa Kennedy Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936032
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Sharing
Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
ill. Leanne Mulgo Watson Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925768749
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Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day
Davina Bell
ill. Allison Colpoys Scribble
ISBN: 9781925849462
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Train Party
Karen Blair
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899578
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Walk of the Whales
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509026
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What Do You Call Your Grandma?
Ashleigh Barton
ill. Martina Heiduczek HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340840
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When the Waterhole Dries Up
Kaye Baillie
ill. Max Hamilton Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9781922081971
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Winston and the Indoor Cat
Leila Rudge
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760652609
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Wonderful Shoes
Emma Bowd
ill. Tania McCartney Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9781922081988
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Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years. (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
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Bear and Rat
Stephen Michael King
text. Christopher Cheng Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896287
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Blue Flower
Gabriel Evans
text. Sonya Hartnett Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760894450
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The Boy and the Elephant
Freya Blackwood
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460759998
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509361
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Christmas Always Comes
Bruce Whatley
text. Jackie French HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460757895
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Common Wealth
Gregg Dreise
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760975166
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Day Break
Matt Chun
text. Amy McQuire Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760508159
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Don't Forget
Anna Walker
text. Jane Godwin Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781761040955
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Enough Love?
Evie Barrow
text. Maggie Hutchings Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400833
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The Flying Angel
Tull Suwannakit
text. Vicki Bennett Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743835517
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Frankie and the Fossil
Jess McGeachin
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760898847
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Happy Hoppy Home
Tull Suwannakit
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781742999937
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Iceberg
Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
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The Imagineer
Lucia Masciullo
text. Christopher Cheng National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279682
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The Inheritance
Armin Greder
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526788
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Jacqueline, A Soldier's Daughter
Jules Ober
text. Pierre-Jacques Ober Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804911
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Joe and the Stars
Connah Brecon
text. Phil Cummings Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781742995045
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Just One Bee
Christopher Nielsen
text. Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023890
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The Katha Chest
Lavanya Naidu
text. Radhiah Chowdhury Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524326
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Mo and Crow
Jonathan Bentley
text. Jo Kasch Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631758
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Norton and the Borrowing Bear
Gabriel Evans
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780645069655
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Salih
Anne Ryan
text. Inda Ahmad Zahri Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804638
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Star of Anise
Di Wu
text. Jane Jolly National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279538
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Stellarphant
James Foley
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990732
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We Found a Cat
Heidi McKinnon
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781761121005
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Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended
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The Amazing Meals of Martha Maloney
Margaret Wild & Dan Wild
ill. Donna Rawlins Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781921529238
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Book of Curious Birds
Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420473
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The Bush Birds
Bridget Farmer
Black Cockatoo Books
ISBN: 9780646843025
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The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples
Corey Tutt
ill. Blak Douglas Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 9781741177527
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The Gentle Genius of Trees
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760975173
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Heroes, Rebels and Innovators
Karen Wyld
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419835
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Iceberg
Claire Saxby
ill. Jess Racklyeft Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420046
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Kunyi
Kunyi June Anne McInerney
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936575
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Masters of Disguise
Marc Martin
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760895891
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Me, Microbes & I
Philip Bunting
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760507923
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No Way! The Wildest Mind-Blowing Facts in the Universe
Dan Marshall
Pantera Press
ISBN: 9780648677024
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One Potoroo: A Story of Survival
Penny Jaye
ill. Alicia Rogerson CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486314645
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Rachel's War
Mark Wilson
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420114
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Saving Seal: The Plastic Predicament
Diane Jackson Hill
ill. Craig Smith Museums Victoria
ISBN: 9781921833540
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Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System
Safdar Ahmed
Twelve Panels Press
ISBN: 9780980593730
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Superpower
Philip Bunting
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760507930
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Underground
Mirranda Burton
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631475
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Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest
Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler
ill. Emma Long Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525958
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The Way of the Weedy Seadragon
Anne Morgan
ill. Lois Bury CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486313952
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Wiradjuri Country
Larry Brandy
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279866
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Wombat
Christopher Cheng
ill. Liz Duthie Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651374
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