The Australian Collection: Australia's Greatest Books

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Book, 97 Books

A 1ist of classic Australian books selected by writer and editor Geoffrey Dutton.

This list was originally published in 1985 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17152 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson 1980 Australian English
17152 The Slow Natives Thea Astley 1965 Australian English
17152 Homesickness Murray Bail 1980 Australian English
15910 The Confessions Of A Beachcomber E J Banfield 1908 Australian English
15910 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15910 By Reef And Palm Louis Becke 1900 Australian English
14985 The Tyranny Of Distance Geoffrey Blainey 1966 Australian English
14898 Robbery Under Arms Rolf Boldrewood 1882 Australian English
17152 Lucinda Brayford Martin Boyd 1946 Australian English
17152 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17152 The Naked Island Russell Braddon 1951 Australian English
15910 Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1910 Australian English
17152 Caddie Caddie Australian Unknown
15910 The Eureka Stockade Raffaello Carboni 1855 Australian English
17152 Bliss Peter Carey 1981 Australian English
15910 Spinifex And Sand David Carnegie 1898 Australian English
17152 All The Green Year D E Charlwood 1965 Australian English
17152 A History Of Australia, Vol. Iv. Manning Clark 1978 Australian English
14788 For The Term Of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke 1874 Australian English
15910 Such Is Life Joseph Furphy 1903 Australian English
17152 Wake in Fright Kenneth Cook 1961 Australian English
17152 They're A Wierd Mob Nino Culotta 1957 Australian English
17152 Come In Spinner Dymphna Cusack, Florence James 1951 Australian English
17152 The Timeless Land Eleanor Dark 1941 Australian English
17152 Man Shy Frank Dalby Davison 2002 Australian English
17152 Kings In Grass Castles Mary Durack 1959 Australian English
15910 A House Is Built M Bernard Eldershaw 1929 Australian English
17152 Careful, He Might Hear You Summer Locke Elliott 1963 Australian English
16802 Rum Rebellion H V Evatt 1938 Australian English
17152 Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia Edward John Eyre 2004 Australian English
6321 A Fortunate Life A. B. Facey 1981 Australian English
17152 Squatter's Castle George Farwell 1973 Australian English
17152 Moonlite David Foster 1981 Australian English
2705 My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1901 Australian English
17152 The Fring Dwellers Nene Gare 1961 Australian English
3868 Monkey Grip Helen Garner 1977 Australian English
15910 The Adventures Of Snugglepot And Cuddlepie May Gibbs 1918 Australian English
15910 Australia Twice Traversed Ernest Giles 1889 Australian English
15910 We Of The Never Never Mrs Aeneas Gunn 1908 Australian English
14898 Power Without Glory Frank Hardy 1950 Australian English
15910 The Escape Of The Notorious Sir William Heans William Gosse Hay 1919 Australian English
1096 The Transit of Venus Shirley Hazzard 1980 Australian English
17152 The Letters Of Rachel Henning Rachel Henning 1952 Australian English
16802 Capricornia Xavier Herbert 1938 Australian English
17152 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17152 The Ridge And The River Tom Hungerford 1952 Australian English
15910 Flynn Of The Inland Ion L Idriess 1932 Australian English
17152 The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland 1971 Australian English
17152 Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson 1965 Australian English
17152 My Brother Jack George Johnston 1964 Australian English
17152 The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith Thomas Keneally 1972 Australian English
17152 The Year Of Living Dangerously Christopher Koch 1978 Australian English
17152 The Pea Pickers Eve Langley 1942 Australian English
15910 Joe Wilson And His Mates Henry Lawson 1901 Australian English
14199 Picnic At Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay 1967 Australian English
5006 The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1918 Australian English
15910 Here's Luck Lennie Lower 1930 Australian English
7639 An Imaginary Life David Malouf 1978 Australian English
2548 Her Privates We Frederic Manning 1929 Australian English
17152 Trap Peter Mathers 1966 Australian English
14761 The Home Of The Blizzard Douglas Mawson 1914 Australian English
17152 1915 Roger McDonald 1979 Australian English
15910 My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren 1926 Australian English
14985 Cooper's Creek Alan Moorehead 1963 Australian English
17152 The Americans, Baby Frank Moorhouse 1972 Australian English
17152 The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland 1955 Australian English
14898 The Harp In The South Ruth Park 1948 Australian English
17152 Wild Men Of Sydney Cyril Pearl 1958 Australian English
15910 Dot And The Kangaroo Ethel Pedley 1899 Australian English
15910 Landtakers Brian Penton 1934 Australian English
17152 The Watcher On The Cast Iron Balcony Hal Porter 1963 Australian English
15910 Coonardoo Katharine Sussanah Pritchard 1929 Australian English
17152 Flying Fox And Drifting Sand Francis Ratcliffe 1976 Australian English
1036 The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson 1917 Australian English
17152 They All Ran Wild Eric Rolls 1969 Australian English
17152 Vision Splendid Tom Ronan 1951 Australian English
17152 On Our Selection Steele Rudd 1976 Australian English
17152 Naked Under Capricorn Olaf Ruhen 1958 Australian English
17152 Dryandra Vincent Serventy 1981 Australian English
17152 Ash Road Ivan Southall 1965 Australian English
472 The Man Who Loved Children Christina Stead 1940 Australian English
15910 Johah Louis Stone 1911 Australian English
17152 To The Islands Randolph Stow 1958 Australian English
17152 Ideas For Australian Cities Hugh Stretton 1970 Australian English
15910 Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia, 1828 31 Charles Sturt 1833 Australian English
15910 A Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1793 Australian English
17152 The Battlers Kylie Tennant 1941 Australian English
17152 Storm Boy Colin Thiele 1999 Australian English
15910 Ralph Rashleigh James Tucker 1929 Australian English
15910 Seven Little Australians Ethel Turner 1894 Australian English
17152 Man Of Two Tribes Arthur William Upfield 1956 Australian English
17152 Bottersnikes And Gumbles S A Wakefield 1967 Australian English
17152 The Australian Legend Russell Ward 1958 Australian English
17152 Alien Son Judah Waten 1952 Australian English
15910 No Roads Go By Myrtle Rose White 1932 Australian English
826 Voss Patrick White 1957 Australian English
17152 The Nargun And The Stars Patricia Wrightson 1970 Australian English