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AustLit

Discover Australian Creative Writing Criticism BlackWords Stage & Screen Children's & YA

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AustLit is... Australian storytelling

Discover biographical, bibliographical, and critical information about Australian writers, writing, and publishing.

  • 895,153 works
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AustLit is... scholarship

Discover current debates, teaching, and research patterns around Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures.

  • 135,860 works
  • 21,803 authors
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AustLit is... BlackWords

Discover the lives and works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers.

  • 23,208 works
  • 6,281 authors
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AustLit is... theatre, film, television, and the radio

Discover the history of Australian performance works.

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AustLit is... writing for children and young adults

Discover the diversity of Australian writing for younger readers and a rich collection of teaching resources.

  • 35,727 works
  • 16,550 authors and illustrators
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AustLit is a primary resource for teachers and students of Australian literature, theatre, film, television, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies.

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World War I in Australian Literary Culture

From the first shot to the centenary

World War I in Australian Literary Culture presents the many ways the 1914-1918 war has appeared in literature, film, and other narrative forms from the beginning of the conflict to the present. Explore the many trails and online exhibitions.

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The Players

Australian Actors talk Stage, Screen, and Life

Actors are the public face of the performing arts, carrying the immediate responsibility for the success of each show. Yet they are sometimes left out of theatre history. This collection of lively biographical essays by Anne Pender explores the lives and careers of some inimitable Australian performers including John Clarke, Julia Blake, Denise Scott, and Tony Sheldon.

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COURTING BLAKNESS

A groundbreaking exhibition

Curated by renowned artist, Fiona Foley, this challenging exhibition installed in and around The University of Queensland’s Great Court recalibrated our understanding of knowledge in a sandstone university. Explore this rich collection of artworks, essays, videos and teaching resources that reshapes and challenges received Australian history.

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Beyond Goggles and Corsets

Australian Steampunk

Steampunk: a neo-Victorian confection of bustles, clockwork, and dirigibles, of corseted ladies and waistcoated gentlemen, a nostalgic cream bun of a genre. Or is it? Explore this detailed history of Australian steampunk works.

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The Joseph Furphy Digital Archive

The Joseph Furphy Digital Archive reveals the history behind one of Australia’s most iconic novels: Such is Life. A digital humanities triumph that demonstrates new forms of scholarly editing and analysis.

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Literature of Tasmania

An Introduction to Tasmania in the Literary Imagination
by Professor Philip Mead
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ASAL

The Association for the Study of Australian Literature

The Association for the Study of Australian Literature promotes the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing. It also seeks to increase awareness of Australian writing in the wider community and throughout the world.

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