True Country

Authors: 
Scott, Kim

'Billy is drifting, looking for a place to land. A young school teacher, he arrives in Australia's remote far north in search of his own history, his Aboriginality, and his future. He finds himself in a region of abundance and beauty but also of conflict, dispossession and dislocation. On the desperate frontier between cultures, Billy must find his place of belonging.' (Source: Fremantle Press website)

First Published: 
1993
Units teaching this text: 
  • 2012: 4
  • 2011: 5
  • 2010: 4
  • 2009: 3
  • 2008: 2
  • 2007: 1
  • 2006: 1
Categories:
Topics: Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal oral tradition, Aboriginal religion & stories, Aboriginal-White relations, Racism, Search for self identity
Text Setting: Kimberley area, Western Australia
Novel

Units:

Australian National University

Introduction to Australian Literature 2009 [ENGL1004]
Introduction to Australian Literature 2010 [ENGL1004]
Introduction to Australian Literature 2011 [ENGL1004]
Introduction to Australian Literature 2012 [ENGL1004]

University of Melbourne

Aboriginal Writing 2009 [106-045 / 670-325]
Aboriginal Writing 2010 [AIND20006 (106-045 / 670-325)]
Aboriginal Writing 2011 [AIND30011]
Aboriginal Writing 2012 [AIND30011]

University of Newcastle

Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up 2011 [ENGL3045]
Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up 2012 [ENGL3045]

University of Queensland

Twentieth-Century Australian Literature 2006 [ENGL2100]
Twentieth-Century Australian Literature 2007 [ENGL2100]
Twentieth-Century Australian Literature 2008 [ENGL2100]
Twentieth-Century Australian Literature 2009 [ENGL2100]
Australian Literature: Traditions and Revisions 2010 [ENGL2100]
Australian Literature: Traditions and Revisions 2010 [ENGL2100]
Australian Literature: Traditions and Revisions 2011 [ENGL2100]

University of Southern Queensland

The Australian Novel 1975-2010 2011 [ENL3005]
The Australian Novel 1975-2010 2012 [ENL3005]

University of Sydney

Intro to Indigenous Australian Writing 2008 [ASLT2603]
See AustLit work record for this text