Project Aussie Lit

 **PROJECT AUSSIE LIT**

This year my focus is on Australia. I have chosen 29 books  to acquaint myself with the country and its writers.

**Australia**

Book Title	Author	Genre	Setting	Pub Date	# Pages
My Brilliant Career	Franklin, Miles	Historical Fiction		1901	280
The Magic Pudding	Lindsay, Norman	Children's		1918	176
The Harp in the South	Park, Ruth	Historical Fiction	Sydney	1948	251
A Town Like Alice	Shute, Nevil	Romance	Alice Springs	1950	359
Gallipoli	Moorehead, Alan	History		1956	416
Voss	White, Patrick	Historical Fiction		1957	440
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Lindsey, Joan	Mystery		1967	192
A Fringe of Leaves	White, Patrick	Historical Fiction	Queensland	1976	368
The Thornbirds	McCullough, Colleen	Historical Fiction	New S Wales	1977	692
Tracks	Davidson, Robyn	Memoir	Outback	1980	254
The Transit of Venus	Hazzard, Shirley	Historical Fiction		1980	366
Journeys to the Past	Attenborough, David	Travel Anthrop	N. Territory	1981	384
The Songlines	Chatwin, Bruce	Memoir		1987	304
My Place	Morgan, Sally	Memoir		1988	444
Oscar and Lucinda	Carey, Peter	Historical Fiction	Sydney	1988	515
The Road to Coorain	Conway, Jill Ker	Memoir	Coorain	1989	238
The Great World	Malouf, David	Historical Fiction		1989	332
Mutant Message Downunder	Morgan, Marlo	Fiction	Outback	1991	174
Cloudstreet	Winton, Tim	Historical Fiction	Perth	1991	426
Death of A River Guide	Flanagan, Richard	Contemp Fiction	Tasmania	1994	336
English Passengers	Kneale, Matthew	Historical Fiction	Tasmania	2000	446
True History of the Kelly Gang	Carey, Peter	Historical Fiction	Victoria	2000	384
Gould's Book of Fish	Flanagan, Richard	Historical Fiction	Tasmania	2001	404
On the Jellicoe Road	Marchetta, Melina	YA Mystery		2006	300
The Secret River	Grenville, Kate	Historical Fiction	New S Wales	2006	334
What Alice Forgot	Moriarty, Liane	Romance	Sydney	2009	487
The Happiest Refugee	Do, Anh	Memoir		2010	229
Among the Islands	Flannery, Tim	Travel Science	Melanesia	2011	246
The Light Between the Oceans	Stedman, M.L.	Historical Fiction	Janus Island	2012	343