Kimb Aussie States and Territories Challenge

Amazing, this fits in really well with Australia's National Year of Reading in 2012, organised by libraries nationwide.
http://www.love2read.org.au/our-story.cfm
I'll be trying to read from the list on the link...amongst other books.

My intended reading list. ETA Some of the Miles Franklins winners that have been sitting unread on my shelf.

New South Wales
1.Lilian's Story by Kate Grenville Read Jan 2012
2.Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson MFW 1978 (cheating here, I think it's set in more then one state.)
3.The Ballad of Desmond Kale by Roger McDonald MFW 2006
4.Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton (on the look out for a copy of this one)
5.Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey MFW 1989
6.Coldwater by Mardi McConnochie
7.A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
8.Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears Read Feb 2012 Mainly set in NSW
9.Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville Read Feb 2012 Mainly set in NSW

Queensland
1.Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller Read Jan 2012
2.The Slow Natives by Thea Astley MFW 1965
3.Voss by Patrick White (since this is based on Leichhardt's life and he was last seen on the Darling Downs I'm putting this under Qld) MFW 1957
4.Oyster by Janette Turner Hospital
5.Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

South Australia
1.The River Kings by Max Fatchen
2.Snow Queen by Mardi McConnochie

Tasmania
1.What Now, Tilda B? by Kathryn Lomer
2.The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan

Victoria
1.The Comfort of Water by Maya Ward (touchstone not working)

Western Australia
1. My Place by Sally Morgan Read and recommend
2.Gilgamesh by Joan London Read Jan 2012 and recommend

Northern Territory
1.The Sound of the Sky by Daena Murray

Australian Capital Territory
1. The Fog Garden by Marion Halligan

Ex-pats - Novels set outside Australia (my little joke)
1.The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard - MFW 2004 Reading Jan 2012
2.The Boat by Nam Le

Note. MFW=Miles Franklin Winner

And since I have thought about doing this before and have read quite a bit of Aussie literature. Some I've read and would recommend.

New South Wales
1.The Secret River by Kate Grenville
2.Miles McGinty by Tom Gilling

Queensland
1.It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley

South Australia
1.

Tasmania
1.Wanting by Richard Flanagan
1.Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
3.The butterfly man by Heather Rose

Victoria
1.Four Fires by Bryce Courtney
2The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

Western Australia
1. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
2. Sorry by Gail Jones

Northern Territory
1.

Australian Capital Territory
1. Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson

I'm sure more will come to mind :)

Hi Kim, and welcome! Nice to see you around again. :)

Thanks Wookie, nice to be back and feeling like reading again on my Summer holiday. Very annoying when life gets in the way :)

Qld
1. Journey to the Stone Country barrelled me along with it's narrative style, I felt like I was journeying along with Annabellebeck & BoRennie in the Pajero. The narrative style was so wonderful that places in the book where I might have experienced a culture cringe just gave me a wholesome sense of recognition. Others have found the climatic point of the book a surprising twist but knowing enough about Australian history it gave me no surprise. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it, although, I'm not sure everyone would have as much of a positive experience with it that I did.

4 stars

NSW
Lillian's Story by Kate Grenville was one of those amazingly written novels, however, I was looking forward to some poignant quotes from William's work (Lilian is on a first name basis with Shakespeare) but alas, it was not the same as the long quotes in the film. Must get a full copy of the film, have only found bits of it on youtube.

3.5 stars

WA
Now ready to start Gilgamesh, I've got high expectations for this one :)

WA
Gilgamesh was sparsely written about an epic journey. Starts in WA and ends in WA. An excellent novel.

4 stars

Oh, I liked Gilgamesh too! Some nice reading you've been doing this year.

Oh yes. Gilgamesh was a great story.

NSW
I read two based in NSW in Feb 2012, borrowed from the library as e-books, which meant I didnt even have to move from my lap-top before being able to read them :)
The novels were Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears and Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville.
Foal's Bread was great literature, interesting, engaging, and exceptionally well written.
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville is a continuation from her novel The Secret River it was an easy engaging read but not as well done as The Secret River.

NSW
Now reading another excellent little novel set loosely in NSW, The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide. Lots of small town experiences not to mention the Sydney setting too.
This one was longlisted for the Orange Prize and I read along with others from the Orange lists in January and July.

Oh, I just finished Foal's Bread and have to agree with your comments. I've pretty much just gotten home from the book group discussion, and I did like it the most, sadly. Still, a good choice to kick off a new bookgroup.

Just reviewing my 2013 reading list, which seemed to be shorter then most years! While I didn't read specifically on the States and Territories theme, I did read some entertaining and powerful works.
Australian works read in 2013.
The narrow road to the deep north- highly recommended, an excellent novel.
The Watch Tower: Text Classics- classic Australian literature, if an uncomfortable read.
Campaign Ruby- highly entertaining, short novel, a good one for the e-reader, written by one of our ex-PMs daughters.
Ruby blues- highly entertaining, short novel, a good one for the e-reader, a sequel written by one of our ex-PMs daughters.
Unwritten histories- interesting selection of short stories with some twists on segments of Australian history.

Starting off for 2014, I have beside the bed
Canberry Tales- A history of The Acton Peninsular in Canberra, quite a busy little section of town.
Developing Images- fabulous photography of early Canberra.
Questions of Travel- absorbing novel - winner of the Miles Franklin Award, 2013.
Mateship with Birds- winner of The Stella Prize, 2013.