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The Book Thief
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
Cloudstreet
Boy Swallows Universe
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
Jasper Jones
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Big Little Lies
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
Looking for Alibrandi
Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
The Light Between Oceans
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Breath
The Secret River
Sabriel by Garth NixDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierObernewtyn by Isobelle CarmodyLirael by Garth NixAbhorsen by Garth Nix
Best Australian Fantasy Reads
328 books — 252 voters
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

Life in Outer Space by Melissa KeilThe Whole of My World by Nicole HayesFairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse NearHaze by Paula WestonThese Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman
Aussie YA Releases 2013
50 books — 123 voters
Obsidio by Amie KaufmanAmelia Westlake by Erin GoughSmall Spaces by Sarah   EpsteinThe Brightsiders by Jen  WildeStone Girl by Eleni Hale
#LoveOzYA 2018
54 books — 69 voters

River red gum Meaning: Enchantment Eucalyptus camaldulensis | All states and territories Iconic Australian tree. Smooth bark sheds in long ribbons. Has a large, dense crown of leaves. Seeds require regular spring floods to survive. Flowers late spring to mid-summer. Has the ominous nickname 'widow maker', as it often drops large boughs (up to half the diameter of the trunk) without warning. ...more
Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Daniel Thorman
You think me a Pommie? Fair dinkum, dag! Naw. I’m from Straya - true blue. That’s a bloody insult; that is. But I might help ya anyways, for the bunny’s sake.” He found it strange that his greatest communication challenge would be conversing with someone in his own native language.
Daniel Thorman, Rise of the Tong: A LitRPG

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