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Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...

Australian novels are an impressive collection of written works, and represent a dynamic body of excellent writers, some with significant international awards to their credit. The Australian poet Alec Hope said that, 'The Bunyip of Australian literature ...

Modern Australian poetry seeks to tell Australian stories and truths with a poetic significance so that 'they sear into the soul and can never be untold' (Dorothy Porter). The Jindyworobaks encouraged Australian writers to express themselves in language ...

The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...

From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...

Centred around poet Max Harris, the movement took their name from an art and literary magazine first published by Harris in 1940. The Angry Penguins, to quote Max Harris, expressed 'a noisy and aggressive revolutionary modernism' and represented the new l...

Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The earliest books published for children were mostly ins...

Australia experiences a range of 'natural disasters' including bushfires, floods, severe storms, earthquakes and landslides. Fire can often follow drought, and drought can be followed by flood. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ra...

Barbara Tucker, Albert Tucker, Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan, Hurstbridge, c. The Angry Penguin painters are considered to be the major figures of a modernist movement in Australian art, based in Melbourne, which has determined and shaped Australian conte...

Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way - in culture, population, climate, geography, and history. For articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture visit our Australian Stories Index. Australia's population is concentrat...

Each year the Sydney Festival offers a rich and diverse program spanning all art forms including dance, theatre, music, visual arts, film, forums and large scale free outdoor events. The National Multicultural Festival is held over two weeks and features...

Humour is seen in the Australian use of slang, and across media from cartoons in print, as sketches on radio, as comedy series on television, in films and with witty observations of life in Australian literature. Mocking the wowser is another common elem...

He has brought to the Internet, Jacket, a website dedicated to Australian literary history, reviews, articles and interviews and everything to do with poetry. Extensive content relating to the Ern Malley affair appears in Jacket 1, including some of Mall...

Dupain, Max (1911-1992), Sunbaker, 1937, photograph, 37.7 x 43.2cm. Image courtesy National Gallery of Australia. 2007, Dupain's Sydney Opera House, Exhibition Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney....

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HeadworX Publishers   (more info)

HeadworX Publishers is an Australasian publishing house which specialises in Australian and New Zealand fiction and poetry. On the website you can view various works by Australasian writers, find links to various literature websites and view the JAAM (Jus

National Poetry Week   (more info)

National Poetry Week seeks to foster imaginative partnerships with poets, audiences, communities, artists, students, bookstores and arts organisations. Most events are organised on a voluntary basis with the goodwill of venue managers, volunteer coordinat

Oracles of the Bush   (more info)

Tenterfield's Oracles of the Bush is a four day cultural event encompassing live performance of Australian Bush poetry, music and art. Held annually in April, the festival coincides with Tenterfield's brilliant autumn.

Mountain Mist Productions   (more info)

E-Books and Print Books published in Australia by Mountain Mist Productions and featuring fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's literature.

Art Galleries Schubert   (more info)

Consultants and Dealers in Fine Art specialising in traditional, modern and contemporary Australian Fine Art. Visit the website to see some of the extensive range of art works, read artist biographies, find details of the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert F

Southerly Literary Magazine   (more info)

For sixty years it has held a central place in the making of Australian literature. The work of Australia's finest writers has appeared in its pages, and been discussed in its critical essays and commentaries. Southerly publishes a wide range of poetry, f