Present a report on an Australian author and at least two of their novels.

You should aim to introduce others to the life and works of an Australian author of your choice from the list. Complete all questions below to form your report. Make sure you include a bibliography including all sources of information you used while completing this project. Presentation Format: Use Pages to create a newsletter or brochure, create a website, or write a series of 6-8 blogs using Weebly.com, glogster or blogger.com.

Consult the reference section of your school or local library and the internet. Find out as much as you can about the author. Make sure you reference where you find your information. Task: Notes: When and where was s/he born? What sort of childhood did s/he have? Where did s/he attend school? Did s/he go on to study at university or other tertiary institution? What did he/she did study here? What was his/her first place of employment? When did s/he become a writer? How many novels has s/he

written? What sort of novels are they? Does/did s/he spend his/her adult life in Australia? *Try to include more than just factual information in this area of your research. Make your work as interesting as possible to your readers. Read several books by the author [at least 2] perhaps from different stages of his/her career. Make notes on each novel read under the following headings: Task: Notes: Plot/narrative [what's the novel about?] Characters [Who are they? Describe each of them in brief form. What is their relationship to each other?] Themes [What are some of the main ideas that are focussed on in the novel?] Structure [How many chapters are there? How long are they? Are their sections? Describe the narrative 'voice'] Style [Is it written in formal language? colloquial?] Your response to the characters and to the work as a whole [Do you like the characters? why/why not?]

Think about the information you found when you researched the author. Task: Notes: Does the author appear to have drawn on his/her own experience? Are the novels particularly Australian in any way? Consider the language, attitudes, values, characters how Australian do they seem to be? Compile your findings into a detailed report which discusses the life and works of the author you have studied.

Extension:** Write a piece of distinctively Australian literature. Capture your understanding of Australia perhaps in a short story set in the past, or a modern story; or perhaps an imaginative portrayal of life in future Australia? Checklist: Task Author Profile Book Review Extension Bibliography Completed

Author: A.B. Patterson

Dorothea McKellar

Judith Wright

Peter Carey

Ruth Park

Norman Lindsay May Gibbs David Williamson

Suggested Novels: - The Man From Snowy River - Waltzing Matilda - Clancy of the Overflow - The Man From Ironbark - Mulga Bills Bicycle - My Country - The Closed Door - Outlaws Luck - The Witchmaid and Other Verses - The Moving Image - Woman to Man - Magpies - Shadow - The Two Fires - The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith - Bliss - Oscar and Lucinda - Collected Stories - Illywhacker - The Harp in the South - Playing Beattie Bow - The Muddleheaded Wombat series - The Magic Pudding - Snuggle Pot and Cuddlepie series - The Removalists - Dons Party

Elyne Mitchell Colin Thiele

Melina Marchetta

Jackie French

Thomas Keneally

Georgia Blain

Isobelle Carmody

Margaret Clark

- Travelling North - The Silver Brumby series - Magpie Island - Storm Boy - Jodies Journey - Blue Fin - Sun on the Stubble series - Looking for Alibrandi - Saving Francesca - The Pipers Son - Froi of the Exiles - Hitlers Daughter - Pennies for Hitler - Pharoah - Tom Appleby, Convict Boy - Somewhere Around the Corner - Schindlers Ark - Blood Red, Sister Rose - A Victim of the Aurora - The Daughters of Mars - Closed for Winter - Dark Water - The Blind Eye - Names for Nothingness - The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Legendsong Saga - The Gathering - Alyson Whitestarr - Pugwall - Pugwalls Summer - Butterfingers

Robert Drewe

Sonya Hartnett

James Maloney

John Marsden

Matthew Reilly

Emily Rodda

- Wally the Whiz Kid - Copy Cat - The Biggest Boast - Grace - Our Sunshine - Fortune - The Drowner - Children of the King - Sadie and Ratz - Wilful Blue - Sleeping Dogs - Thursdays Child - Butterfly - The Midnight Zoo - A Bridge to Wisemans Cove - Dougy - Gracey - Angela - The Tomorrow series - Ellie Chronicles - So Much To Tell You - Letters From the Inside - Checkers - Take My World For It - Dear Miffy - Contest - Temple - Shane Schofield novels - Jack West Jr. novels - Hover Car Racer series - Rowan of Rin series - Deltora Quest series - Rondo series - Teen Power Inc. series

Tim Winton

Randa Abdel Fattah

- Finders Keepers - Pigs Might Fly - Cloudstreet - Dirt Music - Lockie Leonard series - Dirt - That Eye, The Sky - The Riders - Breath - Where the Streets Have a Name - Does My Head Look Big in This? - Noahs Law - Ten Things I Hate About Me