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The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1915 to 1969. The novel is the best-selling book in Australian history, and has sold over 33 million copies ...
Australian alternative history novels (7 P) Pages in category "Australian historical novels" ... Out of Ireland; P. Pageant (novel) ...
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.
My Australian Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Australia [1] which was inspired by Dear America. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history .
The novel follows the experiences of Paddy Doolan, an Irish horse wagoner and his son Michael in the Gulf Country of north-eastern Australia. [3] It is set in the early 1920s when horse-drawn transport was challenged by the advent of motor vehicles and aircraft—change which Doolan cannot accept.
1838 in literature: The Guardian: a Tale (by an Australian) – Anna Maria Bunn; "The Aboriginal Mother" – Eliza Hamilton Dunlop; A Month in the Bush of Australia – Thomas Walker; 1837 in literature: "Woman" – Charles Harpur; 1836 in literature: 1835 in literature: 1834 in literature: 1833 in literature: 1832 in literature: 1831 in ...
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A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1920 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 8 June — Gwen Harwood, poet (died 1995) [34]