Here are some links to other websites which will aid classroom or home study using Real Reads Australian classics books.
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My Brilliant Career
www.perpetual.com.au/milesfranklin/about-miles-franklin
The official website of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s most prestigious award for authors, which was established through Miles Franklin’s will.
The State Library of New South Wales site has a fascinating collection of documents, pictures and maps that tell the history of Australia, with a section on Australian agricultural and rural life.
Seven Little Australians
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-ethel-mary-8885
This interesting article on Ethel Turner’s life and works, by noted biographer and literary critic Brenda Niall, comes from the Australian Dictionary of Biography, produced by the Australian National University.
This educational website contains a wealth of material on the history of Australia. You can learn about the stages in Australia’s story using the site’s ‘decade timeline’ – look up the 1880s and 1890s for some background to Seven Little Australians and Ethel Tuner.