A joint project involving the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash, the Australian Studies Centre at Queensland, and the School of Cultural Studies at Flinders. Intends to become the "national bibliographic databank" and a "major resource for the study of australian literature.

Australian Trade groups

• Australian Society of Authors, "promotes and protects the professional interests of Australian literary creators".

• Australian Writers' Guild

• Australian Writers' Centres
  • Victoria
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Central West (NSW)
  • Northern Rivers (NSW)

• Society of Women Writers Australia Victorian Branch

Sites of interest

• Premier's Literary Awards, from State Library of Victoria.

• Perry Middlemiss in Melbourne.
  An interest in Australian Literature has led to development of a very useful web site. Includes information about various writers and poets (and a "poem of the month" site) and links to other sites. Also details of literary prizes in Australia.

• Literature in Australia and New Zealand
  George Landow, professor of English at Brown University created the "Victorian Web" which includes a section on Australian Literature. There is some, but really not a lot, of interest related to nineteenth century Australia.

• Australian Writing On Line offers some useful information and links. Includes a listing of literary events around Australia and a brief index of other related sites. Also listing of links to Australian Publishers.

• Ausprint is an interesting site. Includes an extensive text list of Australian Writing Organisations, and a list of publishers in Australia.

Booksellers

• Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers Limited

• Australian Bookshops
  A reasonably complete listing of bookshops in Australia including links to web sites and email addresses. Maintained by Danny Yee, a computer system administrator at the University of Sydney. He also has a listing of book publishers in Australia.

• Aurora Australis
  Operated by Literary Promotions Inc, a group of Australian authors and funded by the Literature Fund of the Australia Council. Intended to promote the members' writing.

• Australian Online Bookshop
  Operated by an American librarian and his Australian wife from Western Australia.

Specific Authors

• David Malouf (from Joerg Heinke, a student at Kiel University). Useful reference.

Full-test of works online

• "Such is Life", by Tom Collins. (OzLit Australian Classic e-text)

• "The Man from Snowy River", by Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson. (from James Kneeboone, a student at the University of Queensland)

• "Imperial Adam", by A.D. Hope. (from Anne Marie in Winnepeg)

• Reference to other works in full-text online and numerous poems publised electronicaly.

Publications that may be of value:

Jacket magazine of "international poetry and prose", originates in Australia (apparently NSW) by John Tranter and only on the internet.

General References

Web Resources in English Language and Literature, from the University of Michigan Library.

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors

English Language and Literature index from Yale University.

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