Ruth Park (1917–2010)

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1. Ruth Park

   Author of Playing Beatie Bow, The Harp in the South, Fishing in the Styx

2. Tim Winton

   Author of Cloudstreet, The Riders, The Turning: Stories

3. Robin Klein

   Author of Hating Alison Ashley, Came Back to Show You I Could Fly, People Might Hear You

4. Margaret Mahy

   Author of The Changeover, The Haunting, The Tricksters

5. John Marsden

   Author of Darkness, Be My Friend, So Much to Tell You, Letters from the Inside

6. Elizabeth Jolley

   Author of The Well, My Father's Moon, Woman in a Lampshade

7. Miles Franklin

   Author of My Brilliant Career, My career goes bung, All That Swagger

8. Henry Handel Richardson

   Author of The Getting of Wisdom, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Australia Felix

9. Thea Astley

   Author of It's Raining in Mango, The Acolyte, Reaching Tin River

10. Kate Grenville

    Author of The Idea of Perfection, Lilian's Story, Joan Makes History

11. Randolph Stow

    Author of The Merry-go-round in the Sea, To the islands

12. Helen Garner

    Author of Monkey Grip, The Children's Bach, My Hard Heart: Selected Fiction

13. Patricia Wrightson

    Author of The Dark Bright Water, An Older Kind of Magic, I Own the Racecourse

14. George Henry Johnston

    Author of My Brother Jack, Clean Straw for Nothing

15. Colin Thiele

    Author of Storm Boy, Blue Fin, Jodie's Journey

16. Thomas Keneally

    Author of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, A Family Madness, Bring Larks and Heroes

17. C. J. Koch

    Author of Highways to a War, The Doubleman, Out of Ireland

18. Susan Coolidge

    Author of What Katy Did, What Katy Did Next

19. Drusilla Modjeska

    Author of The Orchard, Stravinsky's lunch, Secrets

20. Sally Morgan

    Author of My Place