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Australian Literature

Guides to Australian Literature

• Australian Literature to 1900: A Guide to Information Resources (Gale, 1980)
• Australian Literature: A Reference Guide (Oxford UP, 1977)
• Literary Research Guide. 4th Edition. (MLA, 2002)
• Modern Australian Poetry, 1920-1970: A Guide to Information Resources (Gale, 1979)
• Modern Australian Prose, 1901-1975: A Guide to Information Sources (Gale, 1980)
• Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction (Oxford UP, 1992)

Encyclopedias & Literary Histories on Australian Literature

• Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 230: "Australian Literature, 1788-1914" (Gale, 2000)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 260: "Australian Writers 1915-1950" (Gale,2002)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 289: "Australian Writers 1950-1975" (Gale, 2004)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 325: "Australian Writers 1975-2000" (Gale, 2006)
• Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (Routledge, 1994)
• Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. 2nd Edition (Oxford UP, 1994)
• Australian Literary Criticism, 1945-1988 (Garland, 1989)
• Australian Poetry: Romanticism and Negativiy (Cambridge UP, 1996)
• Annals of Australian Literature (Oxford UP, 1970)
• Penguin New Literary History of Australia (Penguin, 1988)
• Oxford Literary History of Australia (Oxford UP, 1998)

Bibliographies on Australian Literature

• Australian Literary Studies, "Annual Bibliography of Studies in Australian Literature."
• Antipodes, "Bibliography of Australian Literature & Criticism Published in North America."
• Journal of Commonwealth Literature, "Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature."
• Bibliography of Australian Literature, (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2001-.)
• Year's Work in English Studies (YWES)
• Australian National Bibliography
• AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (subscription service - some free information available)

Web Sources on Australian Literature

Full Text Resources

• Australian Electronic Texts Centre - SETIS (U Sydney)
• Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845
• Project Gutenberg of Australia
• OzLife - National Library's Australian Biography & Book Review Index
• Pandora: Australia's Web Archive (National Library of Australia)

Manuscripts & Archives

• Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts (U Western Australia)
• Directory of Archives in Australia
• Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts

Professional Organizations & Programs

• ASAL - Association for the Study of Australian Literature
• AAALS - American Association of Australian Literary Studies
• Menzies Centre for Australian Studies (Kings College London)
• Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies (Georgetown University)
• Australian Studies Centre (U Barcelona)
• Australian & New Zealand Studies Association of North America (ANZSANA)
• Edward A. Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies (U Texas)

Biographical Guides to Australian Authors

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
• AustLit Public Browse - free Author Information
• OzLit (note: personal website)
• Australian Literature (note: personal website)
• Australian Poetry Resources Internet Library (Australian Literary Management)
• Australian Literary Management Homepage
• Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Australia
• Web of Poets: Contemporary Australian Poetry Read by the Poets
• ALS Guide to Australian Writers. 2nd Edition (UQP, 1997)
• Who's Who of Australian Writers. 2nd Edition (D.W. Thorpe, 1995)
• Australian Poets & Poetry (Trinity College, Western Australia)

Australian Literary Journals

• Antipodes
• Australian Literary Studies
• Australian Book Review
• Australian Humanities Review
• Blue Dog: Australian Poetry
• Divan (online poetry magazine)
• Hecate's Australian Women's Book Review
• Heat
• Jacket Magazine (online only)
• Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (JASAL)
• Kunapipi
• Meanjin
• Overland
• Southerly
• Thylazine: Australian Journal of Arts, Ethics & Literature
• Westerly
• Wet Ink
• Australian Journals Online (searchable list of journals with links to websites)

Australian Libraries

• Libraries Australia
• National Library of Australia
• Libraries on the Web: Australia & New Zealand
• Australian Libraries' Gateway

Australian Book Publishers & Distributors

Publishers

• Australian Scholarly Editions Centre
• Allen & Unwin
• Angus & Robertson
• Black, Inc.
• Black Pepper Publishing
• Brandl & Schlesinger
• Currency Press
• Five Islands Press
• Fremantle Arts Centre Press
• Jukurrpa (IAD Press)
• Ginninderra Press
• Giramondo Press
• Hyland House
• Indra Press
• Keeaira Press
• Magabala Books
• Paper Bark Press
• Pandanus Books
• Penguin Australia
• Puncher & Wattmann
• Random House Australia
• Text Publishing
• University of Queensland Press
• University of Western Australia Press
• Vulgar Press

Bookstores & Distributors

• Australian Book Group
• Australian Bookshop Directory
• Australian Online Bookshop
• Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers
• Gleebooks
• International Specialized Book Services

Other Resources on Australian Literature & Australian Arts

• Academy Editions of Australian Literature
• Australasian Digital Theses Program
• Australian Literary Awards
• Australia Talks Books
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Australian Film Commission
• Australia Council for the Arts
• Australian Society of Authors
• Artmedia Publishing
• Children's Book Council of Australia
• Poetry Foundation Australia
• Portals to the World: Australia (Library of Congress)