AustLit

See all of the works included in the Trauma Texts database by clicking here.

Below are examples of pre-defined searches of the Trauma Texts collection:

For a list of works by writers of Aboriginal heritage, click here

For a list of works featuring experiences of grief, click here

For a list of works featuring childhood trauma, click here

For a list of works featuring experiences of the Holocaust, click here

For a list of works featuring the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees, click here

For a list of works featuring experiences of war, click here. More specifically, for works featuring World War II, click here; for works featuring the Vietnam War, click here; for works featuring the 2003 Iraq War, click here; and for works featuring Australian frontier wars and early colonial violence, click here

You can also search the collection from AustLit's main search page by selecting 'Trauma Texts' in the 'Limit to AustLit Project' function at the bottom left of the screen. Then, you can further limit your search using the standard AustLit search functions, such as subject matter, form of literature, gender of author, and much more.