This list is a subset of the Australian Literary and Historical Texts collection. The texts listed here have been digitised by SETIS with the financial support of AustLit.

Texts have been selected on the basis of academic and teaching staff surveys and advice, and selections regulated by bibliographic works such as those by Green and Miller and The Oxford Annals of Australian Literature.

Abbott, J. H. M. (1874-1903)

Tommy Cornstalk

Adams, Arthur H. (1872-1936)

A Man's Life

Adams, Arthur H. (1872-1936)

Maoriland and Other Verses

Adams, Francis (1862-1893)

Australian Essays

Adams, Francis (1862-1893)

Songs of the Armies of the Night

Atkinson, Caroline Louisa (1834-1872)

Gertrude the Emigrant: A Tale of Colonial Life

Atkinson, Caroline Louisa (1834-1872)

Cowanda

Banfield, E. J.

Confessions of a Beachcomber

Barry, John Arthur

Steve Brown's Bunyip

Barton, Charlotte (1797-1862)

A Mother's Offering to Her Children (1841)

Barton, Emily Mary

Straws on the Stream (1910)

Bayldon

Tragedy Behind the Curtain (1910)

Baynton, Barbara (1857-1929)

Human Toll

Becke, Louis. (1855-1913)

The Mutineer

Boake, Barcroft (1866-1892)

Where the Dead Men Lie

Boldrewood, Rolf [Thomas Alexander Browne] (1826-1915)

The Miner's Right: A Tale of the Australian Goldfields

Boldrewood, Rolf [Thomas Alexander Browne] (1826-1915)

Romance of Canvas Town

Boldrewood, Rolf [Thomas Alexander Browne] (1826-1915)

Sydney Side Saxon

Bonwick, James (1817-1906)

Tasmanian Lily (1873)

Boothby, Guy

In Strange Company (1894)

Boothby, Guy

Race of Life

Brady, E. J. (Edwin James) (1869-1952)

Ways of Many Waters

Brady, E. J. (Edwin James) (1869-1952)

Bells and Hobbles (1911)

Brady, E. J. (Edwin James) (1869-1952)

Bush-Land Ballads

Brereton, John Le Gay (1871-1933)

Song of Brotherhood

Brereton, John Le Gay (1871-1933)

Swags Up!

Brereton, John Le Gay (1871-1933)

The Burning Marl

Bulletin Writers

Golden Shanty (1890)

Bulletin Writers

The Bulletin Story Book (1902)

Bulletin Writers

The Bulletin Reciter

Cambridge, Ada (1844-1926)

The Manor House

Campbell, Ellen

An Australian Childhood (1892?)

Charleton, W. R. (ed)

Red Kangaroo (1907)

Clarke, Marcus (1846-1881)

His Natural Life

Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop (1846-1881)

Old tales of a young country:

Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop (1846-1881)

Four Stories High (1877)

Cobb, Chester (1899-1943)

Days of Disillusion

Cobb, Chester (1899-1943)

Mr Moffatt

Crawford, Robert (1868-1930)

Lyric Moods (1909)

Daley, Victor J. (1858-1905)

At Dawn and Dusk

Daley, Victor J. (1858-1905)

Wine and Roses

Dawe, W. Carleton (1865-1935)

Confessions of a Currency Girl (1894)

Dawe, W. Carleton (1865-1935)

Golden Lake (1890)

De Boos, Charles (1819-1900)

Settler and Savage

Dennis, C. J. (Clarence Michael James) (1876-1936)

Doreen

Dennis, C. J. (Clarence Michael James) (1876-1936)

Glugs of Gosh

Dennis, C. J. (Clarence Michael James) (1876-1936)

Song of a Sentimental Bloke

Dennis, C. J. (Clarence Michael James) (1876-1938)

Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)

Dyson, Edward (1865-1931)

Benno

Dyson, Edward (1865-1931)

Factry 'Ands

Dyson, Edward (1865-1931)

Rhymes from the Mines (1896)

Ellis, Havelock (1859-1939)

Kanga Creek (1922)

Esson, Thomas Louis Buvelot (1878-1943)

Bells and Bees

Farrell, John (1851-1904)

How He Died

Favenc, Ernest (1846-1908)

Moccasins of Silence

Favenc, Ernest (1846-1908)

Last of Six (1893)

Favenc, Ernest (1846-1908)

Tales of the Austral Tropics (1894)

Fisher, Lala Richardson (ed.) (1872-1929)

By Creek and Gully (1899)

Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)

Where The Pelican Builds and Other Poems

Fowler, Frank (1833-1863)

Southern Lights and Shadows: Being Brief Notes of Three Years' Experience of Social, Literary, and Political Life

Fullerton, Mary E. (1868-1946)

Australia and Other Essays

Fullerton, Mary E. (1868-1946)

Bark House Days

Fullerton, Mary E. (1868-1946)

Breaking Furrow

Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912)

Rigby's Romance

Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912)

The Buln-Buln and the Brolga

Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912)

The Poems of Joseph Furphy

Gaunt, Mary (1861-1942)

Ends of the earth: Stories

Gaunt, Mary (1861-1942)

Kirkham's Find

Gaunt, Mary (1861-1942)

Ends of the earth: Stories

Gay, William

Complete Poetical Works

Goodge, W. T. (1862-1909)

Hits Skits and Jingles

Hardie, J. J.

The Bridle Track (1936)

Harpur, Charles (1813-1868)

The Bushrangers: A play in five acts: And other poems

Harris

Settlers and Convicts (1847)

Hay, William (1875-1945)

Escape of the Notorious Sir William Heans

Hay, William (1875-1945)

Stifled Laughter

Hennessey, John David (1847-1935)

The Dis-Honourable

Hill, Fidelia S. T. (1790?-1854)

Poems (1840)

Hill, Fidelia S. T. (1790?-1854)

Tarquin the Proud (1843)

Hogan, James Francis (1855-1925)

The Convict King (1891)

Houlding, J. R. (1822-1918)

Rural and City Life

Houlding, J. R. (1822-1918)

Australian Tales (1847)

Jephcott, Sydney (1864-1951)

Penetralia (1912)

Kingsley, Henry (1830-1876)

The Hillyars and the Burtons: A Story of Two Families

Lang, John Dunmore (1799-1878)

Aurora Australis: or Specimens of Sacred Poetry for the Colonists of Australia

Lang, John Dunmore (1799-1878)

Poems Sacred and Secular (1873)

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

The Romance of the Swag

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

Triangles of Life

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

The Rising of the Court: and other sketches in prose and verse

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

My Army My Army (1915)

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

Skyline Riders (1910)

Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

When I Was King (1905)

Leakey, Caroline (``Oline Keese'') (1827-1881)

Lyra Australis

Mack, Louise

Teens

Manning, Frederic (1882-1935)

Middle Parts of Fortune (1929)

Martin, Catherine (1848-1937)

An Australian Girl:

Mennell, Philip (ed.)

In Australian Wilds (1889)

Montgomery, Alexander (1847-1922)

Five Skull Island

Moore, J. Sheridan (1828-1891)

Spring Life (1864)

Mundy, Godfrey Charles (1804-1860)

Our Antipodes (1852)

Murdoch, Walter (1874-1970)

Loose Leaves (1910)

Neilson, John Shaw (1872-1942)

Collected Poems

Newland, Simpson (1835-1925)

Paving the Way

Nisbet, Hume

The Swampers

Nisbet

Land of the Hibiscus Blossom (1888)

Patchett Martin, Harriet Anne (1841?-?)

Coo-ee: Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies

Patchett Martin, Harriet Anne (1841?-?)

Oak Bough and Wattle Blossom (1888)

Penton, Brian (1904-1951)

Inheritors (1936)

Pitt, Marie E. J. (1869-1948)

Selected Poems:

Praed, Rosa Campbell (1851-1935)

Fugitive Anne: A Romance of the Unexplored Bush

Praed, Rosa Campbell (1851-1935)

Australian Life: Black and White

Praed, Rosa Campbell (1851-1935)

Romance of a Station (1889)

Pratt, Ambrose (1874-1944)

Great Push Experiment (1902)

Quinn, Roderic

Poems (1920)

Ranken, George

Windabyne (1895)

Rowcroft, Charles (1798-1856)

Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land (1846)

Rowe, Richard (1828-79)

Peter 'Possum's Portfolio

Savery, Henry (1791-1842)

Quintus Servinton

Simpson, Helen (1897-1940)

Under Capricorn (1937)

Spence, Catherine Helen (1825-1910)

Gathered In: A Novel

Spencer, Thomas Edward (1845-1911)

How McDougall Topped The Score: And Other Verses and Sketches

Spievogel, Nathan F. (1845-1908)

Gumsucker at Home

Stephens, A. G.

Pearl and the Octopus

Stephens, J. Brunton (James Brunton) (1835-1902)

The Poetical Works of Brunton Stephens:

Stephens, J. Brunton (James Brunton) (1835-1902)

Convict Once and Other Poems (1885)

Stone, Louis (1871-1935)

Betty Wayside (1915)

Tasma, (1848-1897)

Penance of Portia James

Tasma, (1848-1897)

A Sydney Sovereign: And Other Tales

Tasma, (1848-1897)

Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill

Tompson, Charles (1807-1883)

Wild Notes: From the Lyre of a Native Minstrel

Tucker, James (1808-[1888])

Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh

Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George) (1859-1946)

Things Worth Thinking About (1890; 1909)

Warung, Price (1855-1911)

Tales of the Early Days

Warung, Price (1855-1911)

Half Crown Bob

Wenz, Paul (1869-1939)

Diary of a New Chum (1908)

Williamson, Frank S. (1865-1936)

Purple and Gold