Here are some of the books from our shared past that we think deserve a special place of honour in our culture and on our shelves. Each of these titles will reward re-reading – or discovering for the first time! Tell us if you think there are others we should add to this page.
Joan London’s “Gilgamesh” (Grove Press)
Robert Drewe’s “The Bodysurfers” (Penguin)
Doris Pilkington Garimara’s “Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence” (University of Queensland)
Shaun Tan’s “The Red Tree” (Hachette Livre)
T.A.G. Hungerford’s “Stories from Suburban Road” (Fremantle Press)
A.B. Facey’s “A Fortunate Life” (Fremantle Press)
Elizabeth Jolley’s “The Newspaper of Claremont Street” (Fremantle Press)
Kim Scott’s “Benang, From the Heart” (Fremantle Press)
