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Down Under is the British title of a 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson.In the United States and Canada it was published titled In a Sunburned Country, a title taken from the famous Australian poem, "My Country".
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1915 to 1969. The novel is the best-selling book in Australian history, and has sold over 33 million copies ...
Australia portal; Books portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. A. Books about Indigenous Australians (1 C, 20 P)
It is not the only book to shine an unfavourable light on the country: Robin Boyd's The Australian Ugliness was released four years earlier in 1960 and is considered a seminal work on Australian architecture. Boyd's book was an indictment on the taste of Australian suburbanites, and the aesthetic of the Australian suburbs, which he lamented was ...
Pages in category "Novels set in Australia" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alice-Miranda;
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding is a 1986 book by Robert Hughes. It provides a history of the early years of British colonisation of Australia, and especially the history and social effects of Britain's convict transportation system. It also addresses the historical, political and sociological reasons that led to British ...