Picture Books:
Flight by
"Tonight is the night. The family has to flee. They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood. As the fugitives set off in search of a new home, an ancient story become a fable for our times."
Call Number: F WHEPublication Date: 2015
Home and Away by
"Right now, more than a billion people don't have a home - that's one in seven of the world's population. There are only two places you can be in life: home or away."
Call Number: F MARPublication Date: 2008
The Island by
Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. The charcoal illustrations complement the sparse and beautifully understated narrative.
Call Number: F GREPublication Date: 2008
Websites
- Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian ProgrammeAustralia’s contribution to the international protection of refugees.
Biography / Autobiography
Yassmin's Story by
At 21, Yassmin found herself working on a remote Australian oil and gas rig; she was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese-Egyptian-Australian-with-some-Turkish-and-Moroccan-background Muslim woman. Born in the Sudan, Yassmin and her parents moved to Brisbane when she was two, and she has been tackling barriers ever since.
Call Number: B 920.720 ABDPublication Date: 2016
Non-Fiction
Living in Australia: Sudanese Australians by
"Sudanese Australians provides a snapshot of the life of Sudanese people in Australia."
Call Number: 305.895Publication Date: 2008
The Global Refugee Crisis by
Worldwide displacement from wars, conflict, and persecution is at the highest level ever recorded by the UNHCR, and it continues to accelerate. Almost 60 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2014; alarmingly, over half of the world's refugees are children.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2016
Asylum Seekers and Refugees by
Australia has a long history of successfully resettling refugees and humanitarian entrants who have been forced to flee from their country of origin, however in recent years our treatment of asylum seekers has been under a spotlight.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2022
Verse Novels:
Inside Out and Back Again by
For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Ha and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope.
Call Number: Listen & ReadPublication Date: 2013
eBooks:
Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by
Dark Dreams: Australian refugee stories is a unique anthology of essays, interviews, and stories written by children and young adults. The stories are the finest of hundreds collected through a nationwide schools competition in 2002. The essays and stories represent many different countries and themes. Some focus on survival, some on horrors, some on the experiences and alienation of a new world. This book will have a a key role to play in schools across Australia.
Publication Date: 2012
Refugee Boy by
Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find the unthinkable. His father has left him.
Publication Date: 2011
Growing up Asian in Australia by
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. They tell tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one's feet.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2008
Growing up African in Australia by
I was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. My dad was a freedom fighter, waging war for an independent state: South Sudan. We lived in a small country town, in the deep south of Western Australia. I never knew black people could be Muslim until I met my North African friends. My mum and my dad courted illegally under the Apartheid regime.
Call Number: B 305.896 CLAPublication Date: 2019
Children of War by
In this book, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America.
Call Number: eBOOKISBN: 9781554980086Publication Date: 2009
Fiction:
Refuge by
"When a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers is sunk by a freak wave, Farris wakes from the shipwreck in an Australia he's always dreamed of. A remarkable story about Australia's long history of migration and the people who make up our country."
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2013
Only the Heart by
From the chaos and the fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of a new life, Only the Heart is the story of Toan and Linh, and a family that endures the nightmare, in search of a dream. When logic says the dream is beyond your reach, only the heart knows the truth...
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 1997
Short Stories:
Children of War by
Stories from Iraqi children about how war and displacement have shaped their lives.
Call Number: B 929.567044Publication Date: 2009- Growing up Asian in Australia by
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. They tell tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one's feet.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2008
WASLA Teacher Librarian of the Year- 2017: Jo-Anne Urquhart
- 2016: Lise Legg
WASLA Library Officer of the Year- 2012: Karen Notley