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1
What is the name of the premier Australian literary prize for fiction?
The Miles Franklin Award
The Prime Minister's Award
The Patrick White Prize
The Federal Prize
2
Who wrote the short story 'Storm Boy'?
Peter Goldsworthy
Colin Thiele
Shaw Nielsen
Max Fatchen
3
Which Australian novelist wrote 'Cloudstreet'?
Hal Porter
Tim Winton
Richard Flanagan
Robert Drewe
4
Kerry Greenwood has written a series of detective novels about which character?
Phryne Fisher
Aurelia Goldrush
Arachne Jones
Cressida Dalrymple
5
Who wrote the short story 'The Loaded Dog'?
Banjo Patterson
Marcus Clarke
Henry Lawson
Hanry Handel Richardson
6
In which magazine did the Australian poets Henry Lawson & AB Paterson conduct their debate on bush life?
The Lone Hand
Smith's Weekly
The Bulletin
The Women's Weekly
7
'Five Bells' is a famous poem written by which Australian poet?
Mary Gilmore
A.D. Hope
Les Murray
Kenneth Slessor
8
Which indigenous Australian author wrote 'My Place'?
Faith Bandler
Ruby Longford
Sally Morgan
Oodgeroo Noonucal
9
Which of these David Williamson plays was not made into a film?
Siren
The Club
The Removalists
Don's Party
10
Who wrote 'The Thorn Birds'?
Ethel Turner
Di Morrissey
Colleen McCullough
Morris West
11
Who is the only Australian who has won the Nobel prize for Literature?
Thomas Keneally
Patrick White
Henry Lawson
Les Murray
12
In what field of literature was Oodgeroo Noonuccal a key Indigenous writer?
Poetry
Drama
Novels
Non-Fiction
13
What was the name of the girlfriend of 'The Sentimental Bloke'?
Gaylene
Iris
Eileen
Doreen
14
Which novel written by Kenneth Cook was made into an iconic Australian film?
Play Little Victims
The Killer Koala
Outback
Wake in Fright
15
Complete the name of this Ray Lawler play: 'Summer of the ____ Doll'
Sixteenth
Porcelain
Carnival
Seventeenth
16
John Marsden's first book about children fighting a guerilla war is...
The Dead of Night
Tomorrow When the War Began
So Much To Tell You
The Other Side of Dawn
17
Morris West's 1963 novel 'The Shoes of the Fisherman' is focused on which world leader?
UN Secretary General
President of the USA
The Pope
Australian Prime Minister
18
'They're a Weird Mob' was written by John O'Grady using what pseudonym?
Nino Culotta
Ern O'Malley
Federico Piovaccari
John Grady
19
Who is the lead character in the Robert G Barrett crime novels?
Cliff Hardy
Les Norton
Snowy Lane
Simone Kirsch
20
Playwright Jack Hibberd wrote a comedy named after which Victorian town?
Manangatang
Mildura
Dimboola
Echuca
21
Which Australian dramatist wrote 'Norm and Ahmed'?
Steve J Spears
Nick Enright
Michael Gow
Alex Buzo
22
Complete the name of this book by Ethel Turner; '_____ Little Australians'
The Brave
Happy
Seven
Eight
23
Who wrote the novel 'For The Term of His Natural Life'?
Marcus Clarke
Hal Porter
Ralf Boldrewood
Henry Handel Richardson
24
Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan comes from which Australian state?
Tasmania
Western Australia
Queensland
Victoria
25
What was the name of 'The Magic Pudding'?
Alfred
Ralph
Albert
Bill
26
Complete the name of this iconic 1960s book by Donald Horne: 'The ____ Country'
Fortunate
Lucky
Happy
Clever
27
Louis Nowra's play 'Cosi' is about the staging of which composer's opera in a mental hospital?
Wolfgang Mozart
Guiseppe Verdi
Giacomo Puccini
Gilbert & Sullivan
28
Complete the name of this classic Australian children's book: '____ and the Kangaroo'
Belle
Enid
Dot
29
Who wrote the novel 'Oscar and Lucinda'?
Thomas Keneally
Peter Carey
Murray Bail
Helen Garner
30
'One Day of the Year' is a play written by Alan Seymour about which Australian event?
ANZAC Day
Boxing Day Cricket Test
Melbourne Cup
Christmas Day
31
Where is the Louis Stone novel 'Jonah' set?
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Sydney
32
'Stasiland' by Anna Funder is an oral history of which country?
West Germany
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
33
Who narrates Markus Zusak's novel 'The Book Thief'?
Liesel Meminger
Death
Adolf Hitler
St Peter
34
Complete the name of the author of 'Here's Luck'; Lennie _____
Lawson
Pascoe
McCarthy
Lower
35
Where was the Bryce Courtney book 'The Power of One' set?
Australia
Kenya
New Zealand
South Africa
36
Who were the villains in May Gibbs books about the Gumnut Babies?
Chucklebud and Wunkydoo
Bib and Bub
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
The Banksia Men
37
Complete the name of this Ruth Park novel: 'The ___ in the South'
Harp
Home
Piano
Hearth
38
Who wrote the bush ballad 'A Bush Christening'?
Henry Kendall
Banjo Paterson
Henry Lawson
Breaker Morant
39
Who wrote the novel 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'?
Christina Stead
Helen Garner
Joan Lindsay
Patricia Wrightson
40
Which of these books were NOT written by Ion Idriess
Monash's Masterpiece
The Silver City
Flynn of the Inland
The Desert Column