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Cloudstreet (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.02 — 28,616 ratings — published 1991
Dark Emu (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.27 — 16,296 ratings — published 2014
Boy Swallows Universe (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.34 — 100,840 ratings — published 2018
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.66 — 31,872 ratings — published 1967
In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.07 — 123,724 ratings — published 2000
The Light Between Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.05 — 485,739 ratings — published 2012
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,248 ratings — published 1993
Breath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.91 — 26,363 ratings — published 2008
The Thorn Birds (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.25 — 367,507 ratings — published 1977
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.06 — 271,797 ratings — published 2016
A Fortunate Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.25 — 10,089 ratings — published 1981
True History of the Kelly Gang (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.83 — 24,522 ratings — published 2000
The Secret River (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.81 — 25,619 ratings — published 2005
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,927,960 ratings — published 2005
Jasper Jones (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.08 — 43,901 ratings — published 2009
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.04 — 64,457 ratings — published 2013
Dirt Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.88 — 15,835 ratings — published 2001
We of the Never Never (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,665 ratings — published 1907
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,510 ratings — published 1986
Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,516 ratings — published 2013
The Dressmaker (Dressmaker, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.43 — 20,101 ratings — published 2000
The Slap (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.26 — 33,539 ratings — published 2008
The Magic Pudding (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,245 ratings — published 1918
Oscar and Lucinda (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.73 — 21,948 ratings — published 1988
Jessica (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.26 — 11,962 ratings — published 1997
Seven Little Australians (Woolcots, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,879 ratings — published 1894
Wake in Fright (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,434 ratings — published 1961
The Harp in the South (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,906 ratings — published 1948
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.01 — 601,514 ratings — published 2013
For the Term of His Natural Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,172 ratings — published 1874
A Killing Frost (Tomorrow, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,167 ratings — published 1995
My Brilliant Career (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.81 — 7,918 ratings — published 1901
Eucalyptus (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.49 — 5,819 ratings — published 1998
The Tree of Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,272 ratings — published 1955
The Lost Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.16 — 112,739 ratings — published 2018
Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.83 — 126,112 ratings — published 2017
Talking to My Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,257 ratings — published 2016
Shantaram (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.28 — 243,835 ratings — published 2003
The Night Is for Hunting (Tomorrow, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,516 ratings — published 1998
Burning For Revenge (Tomorrow, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.18 — 18,700 ratings — published 1997
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,652 ratings — published 1918
Looking for Alibrandi (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.90 — 25,738 ratings — published 1992
Voss (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,663 ratings — published 1957
The Bush (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.01 — 600 ratings — published 2014
All Our Shimmering Skies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,132 ratings — published 2020
The Land Before Avocado (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,381 ratings — published 2018
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.09 — 46,762 ratings — published 2018
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 4.22 — 702 ratings — published 2014
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.84 — 29,844 ratings — published 1989
Puberty Blues (Puberty Blues, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as australiana)
avg rating 3.45 — 2,388 ratings — published 1979
“A lemon tree was nearly universal; other trees varied with climate - almond trees in Adelaide and Perth, plums and apples in Melbourne, choke vines and bananas in Sydney and Brisbane, a mango in Cairns, figs and loquats everywhere. For a few weeks, there was a gross overabundance of fruit and much trading ('I'll take some of your plums if you take some of my apples next month').”
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“An English friend says Australia seems so messy to her: 'Because of all the overhead wires - we don't have them like you do. Your country towns seem so untidy. The barbed wire for fences, all of that'.”
― Why You Are Australian: A Letter to My Children
― Why You Are Australian: A Letter to My Children





