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      • Gore Vidal
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    • Marcus Clarke
      • 'For the Term of His Natural Life' by Marcus Clarke
    • Robert Dessaix
      • 'A Mother's Disgrace' by Robert Dessaix
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    • Richard Flanagan
      • The Narrow Road to the Deep North' by Richard Flanagan
    • Tim Flannery
      • 'Here on Earth' by Tim Flannery
    • Raimond Gaita
      • 'Romulus, My Father' by Raimond Gaita
    • Helen Garner
      • 'The Children's Bach' by Helen Garner
    • Germaine Greer
      • 'The Female Eunuch' by Germaine Greer
    • Kate Grenville
      • Lilian's Story by Kate Grenville
    • Steven Herrick
      • 'by the river' by Steven Herrick
    • Jack Hibberd
      • 'Dimboola' by Jack Hibberd
    • Elizabeth Jolley
      • 'Miss Peabody's Inheritance' by Elizabeth Jolley
    • Thomas Keneally
      • 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' by Thomas Keneally
    • Alex Miller
      • 'Journey to the Stone Country' by Alex Miller
    • John Romeril
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    • Kim Scott
      • 'That Deadman Dance' by Kim Scott
    • Kenneth Slessor
      • 'One Hundred Poems: 1919–1939' by Kenneth Slessor
    • Shaun Tan
      • 'The Lost Thing' by Shaun Tan
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    • David Unaipon
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