This document provides resources for students studying the concept of belonging at St Clare's College. It lists relevant texts for different subject areas including prose fiction, short stories, picture books, graphic novels, non-fiction, biographies, poetry, drama, music, film and documentary film and television. It provides titles, authors and library locations for related materials.
HSC English: Belonging - Related Texts, St Clare's College Library
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HSC AREA OF STUDY: Belonging
Belonging resources available at St Clare’s College Library
Exploring the Concept of Belonging
• Inside Break from Warringah, Manly & Pittwater Library Services
http://www.insidebreak.org.au/belonging/
SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TEXTS
PROSE FICTION
Author Title Shelf Location
Abdel-Fattah, Randa Does My Head Look Big In This? F ABD
Abelove, Joan Go and Come Back F ABE
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart F ACH
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-
Alexie, Sherman F ALE
Time Indian
Ali, Monica Brick Lane F ALI
Baillie, Allan The China Coin F BAI
Bernard, Patricia The Outcast F BER
Boyne, John The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas F BOY
Brooks, Geraldine March F BRO
Brugman, Alyssa Walking Naked F BRU
Burke, J.C. The Story of Tom Brennan F BUR
Byatt, A. S. Possession: A Romance F BYA
Carey, G & Lette, K Puberty Blues F LET
Carmichael, Claire Incognito F CAR
Carmody, Issobel The Gathering F CAM
Caswell, Brian Only the Heart F CAS
Coleridge, Samuel The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 821.7 COL
Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War F COR
Conrad, Joseph Heart Of Darkness F CON
Dudus, Andre House of Sand and Fog F DUD
Eliot, George Silas Marner F ELI
Flanagan, Richard The Unknown Terrorist F FLA
Flynn, Warren Return Ticket F FLY
Forster, E. M. A Passage to India F FOR
Franklin, M My Brilliant Career F FRA
French, Jackie The White Ship F FRE
Gallico, Paul The Snow Goose F GAL
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Author Title Shelf Location
First Crossings: Stories About Teen
Gallo, Donald (ed) F FIR
Immigrants
Golding, William Lord Of The Flies F GOL
Goode, Katherine Jumping to Heaven F GOO
Gervey, Susan The Olive Tree F GER
Green, Jane Jemima J. F GRE
Grenville, Kate The Secret River F GRE
Grindley, Sally Spilled Water F GRI
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
Haddon, Mark F HAD
Time
Harding, Lee Displaced Person F HAR
Harris, Joanna Chocolat F HAR
Hawke, Rosanna Borderland F HAW
Hawke, Rosanna A Kiss in Every wWay F HAW
Who am I? Diary of Mary Talence,
Heiss, Anita F HEI
Sydney 1937
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner F HOS
Hosseini, Khaled A Thousand Splendid Suns F HOS
Ho, MinFong The Clay Marble F HO
Jhabvala, Ruth Heat and Dust F JHA
Keneally, Thomas The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith F KEN
Le Nay, Louise The Hero F LE
Lomer, Kathryn The Spare Room F LOM
McCarthy, Maureen Inbetween F MCC
McCarthy, Maureen When You Wake and Find Me Gone F MCC
McDonald, Meme Love Like Water F MCD
Amlouf, David Fly Away Peter
Marchetta, Melina Looking for Alibrandi F MAR
Marchetta, Melina On the Jellicoe Road F MAR
Marsden, John Tomorrow When the War Began F MAR
Martel, Yann Life of Pi F MAR
Mattingly, Christobel No Gun for Asmir F MAT
Metzenthen, David Tiff and the Trout F MET
Meyer, Sptephaie Twilight (Series) F MEY
Mudrooroo Wild Cat Falling F MUD
Moloney, James Angela F MOL
Noonan, Michael The December Boys F NOO
Pajalic, Amra The Good Daughter F PAJ
Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country F PAT
Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye F SAL
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones F SEB
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Author Title Shelf Location
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander One day in the life of Ivan Denosovich F SOL
Staples, Suzanne Daughter of the Wind F STA
Staples, Suzanne Under the Persimmon Tree F STA
Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men F STE
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath F STE
Swift, Jonathon Gulliver’s Travels F SWI
Tan, Amy The Bonesetter’s Daughter F TAN
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club F TAN
Walker, Alice The Color Purple F WAL
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web F WHI
Winton, Tim Cloudstreet F WIN
Winton, Tim That Eye, the Sky F WIN
Winton, Tim Breath F WIN
SHORT STORIES
Author Title Shelf Location
Lanaghan, Margaret Black Juice F LAN
Le, Nam The Boat F LE
Tan, Shaun Tales from Outer Suburbia F TAN
Winton, Tim The Turning F WIN
PICTURE BOOKS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
Author Title Shelf Location
Adams, Jeanie Pigs and Honey F ADA
Balzola, Asun Girl with no Name F BAL
Baker, Jeannie Belonging F BAK
http://www.jeanniebaker.com/focus_web/belonging
_interview.htm
Baker, Jeannie Millicent F BAK
Baker, Jeanie Window F BAK
Bell, Helen Idjhil F BEL
Cabot, Meg Homecoming F CAB
Crew, Gary & Tan, Memorial F CRE
Shaun
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Author Title Shelf Location
Cunxin, Li The Peasant Prince F LI
Graham, Bob Greetings from Sandy Beach F GRA
Greder,Armin The Island F GRE
Hathorn, Libby Way Home F HAT
Hest, Amy When Jessie Came Across the Sea F HES
Liao, Jimmy The Blue Stone F LIA
Lofthouse, Liz Ziba Came on a Boat F LOF
Marsden, John Home and Away F MAR
Marsden, John The Rabbits F MAR
Mattingly, Christobel The Race F MAT
Morimoto, Junko My Hiroshima 952 MOR
Norrington, Leonie You and Me: Our Place F NOR
Riddle, Tohby The Singing Hat F RID
Selznick, Brian Inventions of Hugo Cabret F SEL
Tan, Shaun The Arrival F TAN
Tan, Shaun The Lost Thing F TAN
Tan, Shaun The Red Tree F TAN
UNICEF I Dream of Peace F IDR
Winton, Tim The Turning F WIN
NON-FICTION
Author Title Shelf Location
Capote, Truman In cold blood 364.1523 CAP
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood –original serialized Online
version from the New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/
1965/09/25/1965_09_25_057_TNY_
CARDS_000280568
Courtney, Loiuse Australian Immigration Stories 1900 325.94 COU
- 1940
Facey, A.B. A fortunate life 994.104092 FAC
Healey, Justin (Ed) Refugees Issues in Society
collection
Healey, Justin (Ed) Stolen Generations Issues in Society
collection
Keith, Lois Being in a Wheelchair 362.4 KEI
Klein, Naomi No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No 338.88 KLE
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Jobs
Perkins, R & Langton, M First Australians (Book) 994.0049915 PER
Pilkington, Doris Follow the rabbit proof fence 994.104092 PIL
Pung, Alice (ed) Growing up Asian in Australia A820.0 GRO
Pung, Alice Unpolished gem 305.895 PUN
Pryor, Boori Maybe tomorrow 794.092 PRY
Teichmann, Iris Immigration & Assylum 304.8 TEI
Wiseman, Rosalind Queen Bees and Wannabes 649.125 WIS
BIOGRAPHIES
Author Title Shelf Location
Bauby, Jean-Domonique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 616.81 BAU
Dirie, Waris Desert Dawn 967.73 DIR
Grogan, John Marley and me 636.7527092 GRO
(http://wwwmarleyandme.com )
Huggan, Isabel Belonging 910.4 HUG
Li, Cunzin Mao’s last dancer 792.8092 LI
Mcbride, James The color of water 974.71 MCB
McCourt, Frank Angela’s ashes 941.90822092 MCC
Mah, Adeline Falling leaves 951.2502 MAH
Morgan, Sally My Place On order
Pelzer, Dave A child named it 362. 76 PEL
Pilkington, Doris Under the Wintamurra tree 994.104092 PIL
Turbill, Sarah Almost French 944.0839 TUR
Sykes, Roberta Snake cradle 305.89915 SYK
POETRY
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Author Title Shelf Location
Atwood, Margaret The immigrants Online
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive
/singlePoem.do?poemId=97
Dawe, Bruce Exiles A821.3 DAW
Dawe, Bruce Mementos A821.3 DAW
Dawe, Bruce Enter without so much as knocking A821.3 DAW
Dawe, Bruce Star light, star bright A821.3 DAW
Eliot, T.S. The waste land Online
http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html
Keneally, T. & Scott, R. Another country: Writer in detention On order
MacKeller, Dorothea My country A821.2 MAC
Les Murray The widower in the country from The To purchase
vernacular republic.
Murray, Les An absolutely ordinary rainbow Online
http://www.lesmurray.org/pm_aor.htm
Oodgeroo Noonuccal The dawn is at hand Online
(Kath Walker) http://publib.slq.qld.gov.au/poartry/noonucc
al.htm
Skrzynecki, Peter Old/New world No holdings
DRAMA and MUSIC
Author Title Library
Holding
Allen. Peter I still call Australia home (Song) online
http://www.lyrics007.com/Peter%20Allen%20Lyrics
/I%20Still%20Call%20Australia%20Home%20Lyrics.html
Anu, Christine My Island Home online
Gangajang Sounds of then online
http://www.hotlyrics.net/lyrics
/G/Gangajang/Sounds_Of_Then.html
Icehouse Great southern land online
http://music.yahoo.com/Icehouse/Great-
Southern-Land/lyrics/16236947
Midnight Oil Beds are burning (Song) online
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=10BbpGKLXqk
Miller, Arthur Death of a salesman 812 MIL
Mouawad,Wajdi Scorched (Play)
http://www.samesame.com.au/reviews/2776/Theatre_
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Scorched_Belvoir_St_Theatre – review
http://www.belvoir.com.au/downloads/
Scorched_Notes_for_Teachers.pdf
Nowra, Louis Radiance (Play and screenplay)
Pinter, Harold The caretaker (Play) 822.914 PIN
Williams, Tennessee Glass menagerie 812 WIL
Williams, Tennessee A streetcar named desire 812 WIL
Williamson, David The removalists (Play) A822.3 WIL
FILM
DIRECTOR Title Library Holding
Armstrong, Gillian High tide No holdings
Armstrong, Gillian My brilliant career VID F MY
Ayers, Tony Home song stories No holdings
Begnini, Roberto Life is beautiful DVD F LIF
Caro, Niki The whale rider DVD F WHA
De Heer, Rolf Ten canoes DVD F DEH
Gavron, Sarah Brick Lane DVD F BRI
Golding, William Lord of the flies DVD F LOR
Halstrom, Lasse My life as a dog No holdings
Hardy, Rod The December boys Text only
Kleiser, Randal Grease DVD F GRE
Mihaileanu,Radu Live and Become DVD F LIV
Miller, George Happy feet F HAP
Mulhany, Russell Swimming upstream No holdings
Noyce, Phillip Rabbit proof fence DVD F RAB
Ortega, Kenny High School Musical No holdings
Perkins, Rachel Radiance No holdings
Perrault, Charles Cinderella 398.209 PER
Roeg, Nicolas Walkabout (1971) No holdings
Roxburgh, Richard Romulus, my father DVD F ROM
Shortland Somersault No holdings
Sitch, Rob The castle DVD F CAS
Tamihori, Lee Once were warriors DVD F ONC
Weir, Peter Dead poets society DVD F DEA
Weir, Peter The Truman show DVD F TRU
DOCUMENTARY FILM & TELEVISION
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DIRECTOR Title Library
Holding
ABC TV Australian Story (http://www.abc.net.au/ Online
austory )
ABC TV Choir of Hard Knocks Online
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hardknocks/
ABC TV Family Footsteps Viewable from
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries site via iview.
/interactive/familyfootsteps/
ABC Video Mabo – Life of an Island man 305.89915
http://www.documentaryaustralia.com.au MAB
/da/caseStudies/details.php?recordID=22
ABC TV Riot and revenge – Cronulla riots No holdings
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners (transcript
/content/2006/s1588360.htm online)
Equality Videos Migrants in Australia: A Vietnamese 305. 895 MIG
experience
Equality Videos Migrants in Australia: An Italian 305. 851 MIG
experience
Jacquat, Luc March of the Penguins DVD 578.47
MAR
Moore, Michael Bowling for Columbine No holdings
SBS TV First Australians In cataloguing
http://sbs.com.au/firstautralians
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES – SLNSW INFOCUS COLLECTION
(located near HSC collection)
INFOCUS
AUTHOR TITLE
NUMBER
The Other Australians. The Bulletin with
Bagnall, Diana 2095
Newsweek, 119(6286). August 2001,
Transcultural differentiation: A model for
Therapy with ethno-culturally diverse
Khisty, Khorshed families. The Australian and New Zealand 2096
Journal of Family Therapy. Vol. 22 no. 1
pp.17-24.
Australia: From Britannica to multicultural.
Weiner, Myron The Global Migration Crisis; Challenges to 1978
States Human Rights pp.68-74
ONLINE RESOURCES
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Site URL
Belonging – an exhibition http://www.belonging.org/
about Australian national
characteristics
Belonging and Inclusion – http://www.philia.ca/cms_en/page1342.cfm?
people with disabilities &presto_format=print
Belonging in Un/Australia http://www.unaustralia.com/electronicpdf/Unsatchell.pdf
by Kim Satchell
HSC Belonging Resources http://www.abc.net.au/talkitup/chalkitup/peerculture.htm
from Sydney Morning
Herald
Film Australia Digital http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/module/361/
Learning: Sense of
Belonging
Interview with Jeannie http://www.jeanniebaker.com/focus_web/belonging_interview.htm
Baker
- author of Window
NSW Migration Heritage http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/belongings/
Centre - Belongings: Post
WW2 migration memories
and journeys
Peer Culture and http://www.abc.net.au/talkitup/chalkitup/peerculture.htm
Belonging
SLNSW Infocus Topics http://infocus.sl.nsw.gov.au/res/sublist.cfm?subName
subject [area of =BELONGING%20%5BAREA%20OF%20STUDY%5D
study:belonging]
Voices of Australia http://www.hreoc.gov.au/education/voices/index.html
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
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• St Clare’s Library – Delicious links for Belonging
http://delicious.com/stclareslibrary/bundle:HSC_Eng_Belonging
• Inside break HSC English Area of Study: Belonging
http://www.insidebreak.org.au/belonging.html
• Hurstville Library Service – “Belonging” booklist
http://www.hurstville.nsw.gov.au/_upload/files/HSC_English_Belonging_
Booklist.pdf
• English Teachers Association NSW – Student Notes: Area of Study
2009-2012 by Karen Yager
http://www.englishteacher.com.au/downloads/Area%20of%20Study
%20ResourcesETA.pdf
• HSC Belonging authors and texts – articles from Gale online database
http://grpas.cengage.com.au/lit/trial.htm
HSC English Area of Study: Belonging – Additional resources list
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/te
achingideas/belonging/index.htm
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