Senior: 11 & 12: Unit 3: The White Earth

Study Guides

• The Griffith Review: On 'The White Earth'

• Reading Australia: Lesson plan

• Reading Australia: Essay

• DarcyMoore: The White Earth

• The White Earth: Essay prompts

• Edvantage: Mabo - The fight for Native Title

• Edvantage: Australian identity

• Edvantage: Narrative structure

• Edvantage: Characters

• Edvantage: Motifs and symbols

• Edvantage: Perspectives and representations

• Edvantage: Language choices

• Edvantage: Practice exam questions

• Year 12 Help: The White Earth
  Discusses Context, Author, Setting, Characters, Chapter Summary, Themes, Symbols, Quotes and Essay Prompts

• The condition of recognition: Gothic imitations in Andrew McGahan's 'The White Earth'

• Andrew McGahan's 'The White Earth' and the ecological poetics of memory

• 'The White Earth': Family historiography

• Pitching ethical resonance: Andrew McGahan's 'The White Earth'

• Twisted ghosts: settler envy and historical resolution in Andrew McGahan's 'The White Earth'

• What ifs and idle daydreaming: The creative processes of Andrew McGahan

• Post-Mabo: White settler fables and the negotiation of Native Title Legislation

• Reading Australia: The White Earth

• Kill Your Darlings: Conversation with Andrew McGahan

• ​​​​​​ATOM Study Guide: Mabo
• Mabo: Life of an Island Man
• Insight Sample Essays: "Mabo emphasises the importance of family. Discuss"
• Insight Sample Essays: "I wish I'd spent more time at home when the kids were growing up". "Mabo suggests that creating social change often comes at great personal cost. Discuss".
• Internet Movie Database: Mabo
• EnglishWorks: Mabo
• Blackfella Films: Mabo - Click on 'Download the Press Kit'.
• BBC News: Eddie Mabo