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An Account Of More Than Fifty Of Australia's Most Important Authors, Poets And Dramatists - They Range From The Convict Writers To Major Contemprarary Writers. Captain Arthur Phillip -- Watkin Tench -- Charles Rowcroft -- Alexander Harris -- `james Tucker' -- Charles Harpur -- Adam Lindsay Gordon -- Henry Kendall -- Rolf Boldrewood -- Marcus Clarke -- Joseph Furphy -- Henry Lawson -- Andrew Barton Paterson -- The Balladists -- J.f. Archibald, A.g. Stephens And The Bulletin -- Steele Rudd -- Bernard O'dowd -- Dame Mary Gilmore -- Louis Stone -- Christopher Brennan -- Henry Handel Richardson -- John Shaw Nielson -- C.j. Dennis -- Norman Lindsay -- Hugh Mccrae -- Louis Esson -- Miles Franklin -- Katharine Susannah Prichard -- Vance Palmer -- Martin Boyd -- Frank Dalby Davison -- Leonard Mann -- Kenneth Slessor -- Xavier Herbert -- R.d. Fitzgerald -- Gavin Casey -- Christina Stead -- Alan Marshall -- John Morrison -- A.d. Hope -- Dal Stivens -- Kenneth (seaforth) Mackenzie -- Judah Waten -- Mary Durack -- Kylie Tennant -- Douglas Stewart -- John Blight -- T.a.g. Hungerford -- Judith Wright -- Patrick White David Campbell -- James Mcauley -- Hal Porter -- Rosemary Dobson. Graeme Kinross Smith. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 335.