Australian Literature - Internet Resources

This guide contains a number of key Australian literature sites.

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Literary and Historical Texts
Poetry
Australian Aboriginal Writers
Manuscripts, prizes and awards
Associations, Centres, Publishers and Booksellers
Dictionaries

Literary and Historical Texts

American Association of Australian Literary Studies
AAALS offers its members the opportunity to develop and express their interest in Australian literary and cultural studies.

Association for the Study of Australian Literature
This Association for the Study of Australian Literature promotes the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing.

Australian Literature on the Internet
The National Library's Internet guide includes Major Australian Literary Sites, Australian library and archive catalogues, Reference Library and Biographical sources

British Association for Studies of Australia
Menzies Centre fro Australian Studies

Literary and Historical Texts
More than 220 literary and historical texts.

OZ Life
Australian biography and book review index provides access to the citations of articles, either biographical or book reviews, in major Australian newspapers and journals.

Children's Book Council of Australia.
This site includes questions and discussion about Children's literature.

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Poetry

Poets Union
Poets Union aims to encourage and develop opportunities for poets and contemporary poetry in Australia

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Australian Aboriginal Writers

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers

Patricia Weickhardt Award
Annual award administered by the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers in recognition of Australian Aboriginal Writers.

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Manuscripts, Prizes and Awards

Australian Literary awards and prizes
More than 30 awards and prizes ranging from the Patrick White to the Miles Franklin to the Children's Book of the year awards.

Guide to Australian literary manuscripts
Six Australian libraries, led by the University of Western Australia, have collaborated to build a national database of finding aids - electronic guides - to 86 collections of Australian literary manuscripts.

RAAM
The Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts is a guide to collections of personal papers and non-governmental organizational records held by Australian libraries and archives.

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Associations, Centres, Publishers and Booksellers

Australian publishers and booksellers
A comprehensive list of Australian booksellers and publishers with an online presence.

Australian Studies Network
Australian Studies programs overseas.

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Dictionaries

The Macquarie Dictionary
Includes the Macquarie Book of Slang.

OED
Oxford English Dictionary

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