Australiana


Cloudstreet
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Dark Emu
Boy Swallows Universe
In a Sunburned Country
The Light Between Oceans
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
Breath
The Thorn Birds
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
A Fortunate Life
True History of the Kelly Gang
The Secret River
The Book Thief
Jasper Jones
Bri Lee
...I'd felt dread about how average and suburban Brisbane seemed. The normalcy was stifling and that I yearned for bigger things, that I missed New York. ...more
Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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'). ...more
George Seddon

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