Summary: From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-potties to them all. A true unsung hero, Kenny does one of society's dirtiest jobs. Kenny struggles to juggle family tensions, fatherhood and sewage. Part philosopher, part comedian and all heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Xenon Pictures 2008
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Summary: The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2014
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Summary: "How to speak of the searing, unpindownable power that the past-ours, our family's, our culture's-wields in the present? Drawing on nine years of research, Axiomatic explores the ways we understand the traumas we inherit and the systems that sustain them. In five sections-each one built on an axiom about how the past affects the present-Tumarkin weaves together true and intimate stories of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "Return to Uluru explores the cold case that strikes at the heart of Australia's white supremacy -- the death of an Aboriginal man in 1934; the iconic life of a white, "outback" police officer; and the continent's most sacred and mysterious landmark. Inside Cardboard Box 39 at the South Australian Museum's storage facility lies the forgotten skull of an Aboriginal man who died eighty-five years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.899 MCKSummary: Utopia is an epic production by the Emmy and Bafta winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. 'This film is a journey into that secret country,' says John Pilger in Utopia. 'It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: High school students Stella, Ed, Ingrid and Harry navigate life, exploring issues of sexuality, drug and alcohol use, identity, and consent. Flunk is a critically acclaimed LGBT teen drama following shy sixteen year old Ingrid, as she starts to explore her sexuality. Falling for her best friend Stella, Ingrid struggles to navigate her first relationship, the pressures of a country high school...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: A renowned oceanographer introduces the Great Barrier Reef and its ecosystems, revealing how the reef came to be, its place in the world and what we can all do to help ensure that it is around for future generations to discover and enjoy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022