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Authors have used the beauty, harshness and problems of our land to tell their stories, often basing their stories in familiar locations and using their reaction to a particular environment as the central theme.

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Children develop their sense of self through relationships with friends and families. Many early Australian children’s novels depict families on the move from Britain to Australia. Some struggled to establish a life in the harsh outback.

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Advertising campaigns for iconic Australian brands and early ads.

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Authors and illustrators of children’s books bring imaginary and distorted worlds to life, creating works inhabited by curious creatures and magical beings. These works include fairy tales and fantasy books.

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This activity provides students with context and background information about the physical location and cultural environment in which Picnic at Hanging Rock is set.

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A resource for educators teaching digital and/or media literacy in their classrooms. 

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The word narrative means story. As we write or tell stories, we are creating a narrative by describing a series of events that are connected.

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Reading picture books is important in speech development, building literacy skills, helping children to use their imagination.

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These activities introduce students to the poem Bora Ring, as well as to the poem’s background and author. They also develop students’ understanding of how an author’s perspective can change and enhance the meaning of a text.

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Under legal deposit provisions of the Copyright Act (1968), one copy of everything that is published in Australia must be lodged with the National Library of Australia. As a result, the Library’s collection holds a vast array of Australia’s printed news media.

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The posters on this page were published during times of conflict.

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The postwar era saw advertising reflect notions of the ideal Australian home, of masculinity and feminine beauty and of health.