The Australian Literature Collection aims to cover all literary works produced in Australia or by Australian authors up to 1980. This is supplemented by more general material about Australian history, politics, and culture - with particular emphasis on early accounts of European exploration and settlement, and the Aboriginal people of Australia.
There are more than 7,000 volumes in the Australian Literature Collection. Australian literary manuscripts are housed in the Manuscript Collection.
Australian literature is also the main component of the Peter Cowan collection.
Highlights
- Literary magazines - A selection of important literary and cultural journals.
- Oz Magazine - A humorous monthly of the 1960s specialising in socio-political satire.
- Genres in fiction - Crime, romance, and science fiction.
- Katharine Susannah Prichard - The Eastern European connection.
- Patrick White - A collection of works by Australia's only Nobel Laureate for Literature.
