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Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
The story is written from the perspective of Jimmie Blacksmith, an Indigenous Australian man on a mission of revenge. The story is a fictionalised retelling of the life of the infamous Indigenous bushranger Jimmy Governor. Keneally has said that were he to write the novel today he would not write 'from within a black consciousness'. [4]
The Tomorrow series is a series of seven young adult invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden, detailing the invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novels are related from the first-person perspective by Ellie Linton, a teenage girl, who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the ...
Children's literature portal; Taronga (1986) is a young adult science fiction post-apocalyptic novel written by Australian author Victor Kelleher.The story revolves around the catastrophic disaster that destroys the Earth as we know it and its impact on Australia in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Edward Vivian Timms (1895–1960), better known as E. V. Timms, was an Australian novelist and screenwriter.He was injured serving in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I and was an unsuccessful soldier settler before turning to writing.
Gimme the Boats is a 1953 novel by Australian author J. E. Macdonnell. It was called the first novel of the Royal Australian Navy. [1] The book was a best seller in Australia. [2] It was serialised in 1953. [3] The Herald said "The book is racy, hard hitting, spectacular, like destroyers. Mr Macdonnell...