The Australian Literature Resource AustLit is now available free
of charge to all Australian schools. Enquiries about access
arrangements should be directed to your school's education
authority. Contact us if you have access difficulties. As a
professional development tool AustLit provides teachers with up-
to-date information on the publication of Australian literature
and related critical texts. Teachers at all educational levels
can use AustLit in preparing to teach Australian literary texts
whether at primary or secondary schools, or university. Students
can also use AustLit to find out about authors whose texts they
are reading, and to explore the ways Australians tell, retell,
and think about stories The TAL Resource stores information
about the teaching of Australian literary texts and the contexts
in which they are taught at universities and tertiary
institutions around Australia and internationally. It provides
links to AustLit records, some teaching resources, and allows
teachers to consider the ways