1．MARCUS CLARKE(1846—1881) 1
For the Term of His Natural Life(Chapters 16＆27) 1
2．PRICE WARUNG(1855—1911) 25
How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast 25
3．ANDREW BARTON PATERSON(1864—1941) 40
The Man from Snowy RiverThe Man From Ironbark 40
4．HENRY LAWSON(1867—1922) 54
The Drover's WifeThe Loaded DogFaces in the Street 54
5．HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON(1870—1946) 87
The Getting of Wisdom(Chapter 7) 87
6．DOROTHEA MACKELLAR(1885—1968) 103
My Country 103
7．VANCE PALMER(1855—1959) 109
The Birthday 109
8．MARTIN BOYD(1893—1972) 126
A Difficult Young Man(Chapter 4) 126
9．JOAN LINDSAY(1896—1984) 148
Picnic at Hanging Rock(Chapter 3) 148
10．ELEANOR DARK(1901— ) 164
The Timeless Land 164
11．KENNETH SLESSOR(1901—1971) 183
Five BellsBeach Burial 183
12．ALAN MARSHALL(1902—1984) 199
I Can Jump Puddles(Chapters 1,15＆16) 199
13．GAVIN CASEY(1907—1964) 225
Short Shift Saturday 225
14．HAL PORTER(1911—1984) 277
Gretel 277
15．JUDAH WATEN(1911— ) 303
Alien Son(Near the Wharves) 303
16．GEORGE JOHNSTON(1912—1970) 322
My Brother Jack(Chapter 15) 322
17．PATRICK WHITE(1912— ) 351
The Tree of Man(Chapters 2＆3) 351
18．JUDITH WRIGHT(1915— ) 377
South of May DaysWoman to ManA Document 377
19．NENE GARE(1919— ) 388
The Fringe Dwellers(Chapters 12＆13) 388
20．RAY LAWLER(1921— ) 414
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll(Act 3) 414
21．ALAN SEYMOUR(1927— ) 451
The One Day of the Year(Act 3) 451
22．BRUCE DAWE(1930— ) 480
Life-CycleHome-ComingEasy Does It 480
23．THOMAS KENEALLY(1935— ) 492
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith(Chapter 11) 492
24．RANDOLPH STOW(1935— ) 513
To the Islands(Chapter 9) 513
25．MURRAY BAIL(1941— ) 536
Paradise 536
26．PETER CAREY(1943— ) 547
Report on the Shadow IndustryBIBLIOGRAPHY 555