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