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Tasmanian Writers' Centre (more info)
The Tasmanian Writers' Centre is a not-for-profit,incorporated association, and is assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Premier, Minister for State Development, and by the Australia Council. Their website provides information about the organisation ...
This website lists new and emerging Western Australian playwrights, and provides information about their plays.
Tessa Scott is a graphic designer and writer. The website contains a collection of literary essays and folio of graphic design work for arts instiututions in Sydney.
TEXT - The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs (more info)
TEXT, the journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, is an electronic, refereed journal published twice yearly.
Text Publishing is a publishing house in Melbourne allied with Canongate Books. Visit this site for information about Australian and overseas writers, new releases and reading group guides.
The Australis 100 is a travel guide to a fictional country named Australis. Comprising over 140 pages, it is major work of WWW fiction that it is amusing, fantastic and most often meaningless.
The Bladder is a satirical sport site. It has "news articles" and satire on a range of sports and events. The site also has a politics area, a membership area and links to partnership sites.
This website offers discount books, audio books, gift certificates, writing competitions, news & reviews.
The Bookshelf of Oz (more info)
Online bookshop based in Adelaide, selling new, used, out of print and collectible books worldwide. Specialising in Carter's Price Guides to Antiques, Vintage and Collectibles in Australia, biographies, cookbooks, finance, investing, children's, pare...
The Bushranger Site (more info)
This is a children's educational site with comprehensive information on Australian bushrangers. It will be particularly useful for school projects as it boasts a variety of information: detailed biographies, pictures, poems, songs and classroom act...
The Chaser Online is just a small fraction of the content in the fortnightly newsprint version. This site is not intended for children or the easily offended. This is a satirical website. We expressly state that every statement on this site attribut...
The Classification Website (more info)
This site contains information about the operations of the National Classification Scheme in Australia. The site includes information about the Classification Board, Classification Review Board and the Attorney-General's Department, which provides se...
The Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (more info)
The Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History is a forum devoted to exploring how historians of Australia and Aotearoa, New Zealand might employ new technologies in research and teaching. It is concerned with how interactive multimedia...
The Electronic Writing Research Ensemble (eWRe) (more info)
eWRe is a publishing site run by artists and writers. The work published is critical, poetic and interdisciplinary. Writing here is in word, image, sound and design.
The Feral Eye Cartoons by Terry Sedgwick (more info)
Panel cartoons by cartoonist Terry Sedgwick. The Feral Eye Studio-Gallery in Melbourne is open to the public.
The friendly Street Poets (more info)
Formed in 1975, Friendly Street hosts one of Australia's longest running live poetry readings. Friendly Street aims to encourage the development of South Australian poetry by providing a supportive venue for the live performance of poetry and regular...
The Gold Coast Writers' Association Inc. (GCWA) (more info)
The GCWA is a club for writers of all genres, published and unpublished. The club supports the craft of writing in the community with workshops and seminars, and at monthly meetings members give encouragement and support to one another.
The History of Floods in Australia (more info)
The History of Floods in Australia is a book and DVD package contains extensive information about floods in South Australia since European settlement.
The House of Oojah (more info)
The House of Oojah is an Australian, online, audio book store.
Official website for Richard James AllenĘs novel 'The Kamikaze Mind'. Includes information about a new cross platform fiction, available as a book, on mobile phones, and on the web, and as well as collectables and wearables.
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