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Growing Up In Country Australia

These are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia and freedom that defy expectations about people who live in the country. 
—Australian Geographic

Growing Up In Country Australia

Edited by

Rick Morton

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About the editor

Rick Morton

Rick Morton is a senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, a regular guest on ABC’s The Drum and an award-winning author of three non-fiction books: 100 Years of Dirt, On Money and My Year of Living Vulnerably.

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Praise for Growing Up In Country Australia

‘A revealing look at growing up in Australia’s rural areas.’ —Cheryl Akle, The Weekend Australian

‘The ideal bedside-table browsing book, ready to be flipped open at any page.’ —Ian McFarlane, Warrnambool Standard

‘There is also a sort of magic to these stories as they trace the influence of our youth, and the places where that youth unfurls upon our later lives.’ —Artshub

‘The writing is current, humorous and … emerges from an unexpected source.’ —Bob Moore, Good Reading

‘These are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia and freedom that defy expectations about people who live in the country.’ —Australian Geographic

‘This collection is full of pensive reminiscences for us country folk, and elucidation for big-smoke dwellers.— Good Reading Magazine

‘This is the ideal bedside-table browsing book, ready to be flipped open at any page.’ —Newcastle Herald

‘... suffused with a great deal of humour’ —The Sunday Age

‘Most rural readers will find something in here that resonates, challenges and stirs something within.’ —Outback Magazine

‘The stories weave together to create an intimate lens on an Australia far removed from the romanticised version we often read about.’ —Kirsty McKenzie, Australian Country

‘Many of the best inclusions in Growing Up in Country Australia are those in which the authors have sought, within the inherent constraints of the short essay, to exploit their temporal distance from the events they are describing to create space for reflection.’ —James Ley, Sydney Review of Books

Teachers' Resources

Themes

Identity and belonging, social class, racism and colonisation and the natural world

Reading age

Suitable for grade 10 and above

Downloads

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