Contents: 1. Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood 2. Such is Life by Joseph Furphy 3. The Sick Stockrider by Adam Lindsay Gordon 4. His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke 5. The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton 6. The Man From Snowy River by Banjo Paterson 7. Nationality by Mary Gilmore 8. The Drovers Wife by Henry Lawson 9. Lilith by Christopher Brennan 10. Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner 11. The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson 12. The Gentle Water Bird by John Shaw Neilson 13. My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin 14. The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay 15. Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard 16. 10 for 66 and all that by Arthur Mailey 17. Lucinda Brayford by Martin Boyd 18. A Fortunate Life by AB Facey 19. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay 20. Five Bells by Kenn 21. Capricornia by Xavier Herbert 22. The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead 23. The Pea-pickers by Eve Langley 24. A Letter from Rome by AD Hope 25. Voss by Patrick White 26. My Brother Jack by George Johnston 27. Woman to Child by Judith Wright 28. Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson 29. Power Without Glory by Frank Hardy 30. No More Boomerang by Oodgeroo Noonuccal 31. Storm Boy by Colin Thiele 32. The Lucky Country by Donald Horne 33. Milk and Honey by Elizabeth Jolley 34. The Acolyte by Thea Astley 35. The Glass Canoe by David Ireland 36. The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey 37. The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard 38. An Imaginary Life by David Malouf 39. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally 40. Visitants by Randolph Stow 41. Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse 42. The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cycle by Les Murray 43. The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes 44. The Plains by Gerald Murnane 45. Monkey Grip by Helen Garner 46. Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe 47. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 48. Lilians Story by Kate Grenville 49. My Place by Sally Morgan 50. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton.
What are the classic works of Australian literature? And what can they tell us about ourselves and the land we live in? Providing a selected overview of Australia's greatest literature, Australian Classics is an accessible companion to our literature and a story of writing in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present. It celebrates many of the country's beloved novels, poems, short stories, children's books and seminal works of non-fiction. It also contains contributions on their favourite Australian books from many distinguished writers and readers, including Helen Garner, Les Murray and Tim Winton. This is an impassioned and inspiring feast of the great writing that makes exalted readers of us all and a testament to the wide-ranging and remarkable literature of this continent.