Australia

Australia (/ɒˈstreɪliə/, /ə-/, colloquially /-jə/), officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Australia"

Arborescence
Wild Dark Shore
The Heir Apparent
An Academic Affair
Mad Mabel
Here One Moment
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
The Ex-Wives Club (Alibis Collection, #2)
Apples Never Fall
Darling Girls
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
The Sirens
The Soulmate
Stone Yard Devotional
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
Pictures of You
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Light Between Oceans
In a Sunburned Country
Big Little Lies
The Thorn Birds
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Lost Man
A Town Like Alice
Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
The Husband's Secret
Cloudstreet
The Forgotten Garden
The Secret River
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Possum Magic by Mem FoxAnimalia by Graeme BaseDiary of a Wombat by Jackie FrenchWhere Is the Green Sheep? by Mem FoxWhere the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
Australian Children's Literature
419 books — 202 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCloudstreet by Tim WintonA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughTomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 670 voters

Just This Once by Rosalind  JamesPlaying the Part by Darcy DanielHer Best Friend by Sarah MayberryJust for Now by Rosalind  JamesDream Fever by Katherine Sutcliffe
Kiwis and Aussies in love
325 books — 96 voters
A Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteWings of Fear by Helene Young48 Shades of Brown by Nick EarlsRosemary Boy by Amy CoomerThe Beach House by Helen McKenna
Queensland Fiction
163 books — 91 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
458 books — 284 voters


Mira Grant
There was one thing no one considered, however: Australia was populated by Australians. While the rest of us were trying to adapt to a world that suddenly seemed bent on eradicating the human race, the Australians had been dealing with a hostile environment for centuries. They looked upon our zombie apocalypse, and they were not impressed.
Mira Grant, How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea

Mark Twain
Australian History: .... does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies.
Mark Twain, Following the Equator - Part 7

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