Top 10 Top 10 Novels set in Sydney
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1. A Timeless Land (1941)
This novel by Eleanor Dark includes several historical Sydney characters.
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2. Come in Spinner (1951)
By Dymphna Cusack and Florence James. A group of Sydney women are thrown into turmoil during WWII.
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3. They’re a Weird Mob (1957)
Memoirs of John O’Grady, an “Italian immigrant journalist” turned builders’ labourer.
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4. Riders in the Chariot (1961)
A satire by Patrick White.
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5. Careful He Might Hear You (1963)
By Sumner Locke Elliot. A 1930s orphan resists his aunt’s efforts to adopt him.
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6. The Glass Canoe (1976)
David Ireland’s darkly comic novel is set in the masculine world of a suburban pub.
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7. Puberty Blues (1979)
A coming-of-age 1970s beach culture story by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey.
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8. Oscar and Lucinda (1988)
This Booker Prize-winning novel by Peter Carey traces a romance between a gambling minister and an heiress.
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9. Looking for Alibrandi (1992)
Melina Marchetta’s coming-of-age novel features a young girl struggling to find her identity.
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10. Monkey’s Mask (1994)
Dorothy Porter’s verse novel features a lesbian private detective and several poetic red herrings.
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