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Australian novelist Colleen McCullough

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Key People

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Sally Morgan

Australian author

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Jeannie Gunn

Australian author

Portrait of British writer James Clavell, circa 1981, with his hand resting on his chin and an ornate, painted screen in the background.

James Clavell

British writer

Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty

Australian author

Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence

Australian author

Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan

Australian author

David Unaipon

David Unaipon

Australian inventor, writer, and activist

Bob Graham

Bob Graham

Australian author and illustrator

Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville

Australian novelist

Australian novelist Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough

Australian author

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Thomas Keneally

Australian author

Peter Carey

Peter Carey

Australian author

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Kylie Tennant

Australian author

Patrick White

Patrick White

Australian author

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David Malouf

Australian author

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Colin Johnson

Australian author

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Randolph Stow

Australian writer

Ethel Robertson

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian novelist

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Christina Stead

Australian author

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Australian author

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines