A book about Australian history or a historical fiction set in Australia.

Australian Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by curatoriallyyours

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The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay by Siân Rees

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay
Siân Rees

248 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay

Siân Rees

248 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced

Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History by Eliza Reilly

Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History
Eliza Reilly

4 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history funny informative inspiring medium-paced

Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History

Eliza Reilly

4 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history funny informative inspiring medium-paced

The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley by Susan Swingler

The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley
Susan Swingler

322 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir mysterious slow-paced

The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley

Susan Swingler

322 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir mysterious slow-paced

A Decline in Prophets
Rowland Sinclair #2

Sulari Gentill

332 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction crime historical mystery mysterious medium-paced

A Decline in Prophets

Rowland Sinclair #2

Sulari Gentill

332 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction crime historical mystery mysterious medium-paced

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Growing Up

Anita Heiss with Norleen Brinkworth, Jack Latimore, Taryn Little, Deborah Cheetham, Frank Szekely, Shahni Wellington, Liza-Mare Syron, Patrick Johnson, Adam Goodes, Matthew Lillyst, Zachary Penrith-Puchalski, Don Bemrose, Scott Kennedy, Karranjal John Hartley, Aileen Walsh, Alice Eather, Alice Anderson, Alicia Bates, Tara June Winch, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Sharon Kingaby, Bebe Backhouse, Celeste Liddle, Jared Thomas, Terri Janke, Ian Dudley, Tamika Worrell, Marlee Silva, Doreen Nelson, Shannon Foster, W. Les Russell, Miranda Tapsell, Katie Bryan, Ceane G. Towers, Amy McQuire, Jodie Haines, Susie Anderson, Tony Birch, Alison Whittaker, John Williams-Mozley, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Carol Petterson, Natalie Cromb, Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, Evelyn Araluen, Alexis West, Todd Phillips, Keira Jenkins, Sharon Payne, Jason Goninan, Karen Davis

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Growing Up

Anita Heiss with Norleen Brinkworth, Jack Latimore, Taryn Little, Deborah Cheetham, Frank Szekely, Shahni Wellington, Liza-Mare Syron, Patrick Johnson, Adam Goodes, Matthew Lillyst, Zachary Penrith-Puchalski, Don Bemrose, Scott Kennedy, Karranjal John Hartley, Aileen Walsh, Alice Eather, Alice Anderson, Alicia Bates, Tara June Winch, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Sharon Kingaby, Bebe Backhouse, Celeste Liddle, Jared Thomas, Terri Janke, Ian Dudley, Tamika Worrell, Marlee Silva, Doreen Nelson, Shannon Foster, W. Les Russell, Miranda Tapsell, Katie Bryan, Ceane G. Towers, Amy McQuire, Jodie Haines, Susie Anderson, Tony Birch, Alison Whittaker, John Williams-Mozley, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Carol Petterson, Natalie Cromb, Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, Evelyn Araluen, Alexis West, Todd Phillips, Keira Jenkins, Sharon Payne, Jason Goninan, Karen Davis

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Australia Day
Stan Grant

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Australia Day

Stan Grant

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

That Deadman Dance
Kim Scott with Humphrey Bower (Narrator)

11 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced

That Deadman Dance

Kim Scott with Humphrey Bower (Narrator)

11 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced

Rebellion at Eureka
Alan Tucker

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Rebellion at Eureka

Alan Tucker

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

The secret battle
—
Pamela Rushby

The secret battle
Pamela Rushby

124 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens historical

The secret battle
—
Pamela Rushby

The secret battle

Pamela Rushby

124 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens historical

Dark Emu
Bruce Pascoe

277 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative medium-paced

Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe

277 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative medium-paced

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