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Opened in 2011, and housed in a Nonda Katsalidis-designed three-storey bunker burrowed into the Triassic sandstone of a peninsula jutting into the Derwent River, Mona is a showcase for founder and owner David Walsh’s remarkable collection of ancient, modern and contemporary art, which is loosely curated under the themes of sex and death. Extensive recommendations for accommodation, restaurants, shops and leisure activities for all budgets

A true story of cultural clash and hedonism gone awry as a good girl from a conservative Chinese-Australian family becomes a Shanghai showgirl.” This one of the best-known and most-loved coming-of-age stories in the country. 17-year old third-generation Italian Josie Alibrandi is juggling her culture, family life and the racial differences at her snobby private girl’s school, with quite simply, being a teenager in 90’s Sydney. Yet the stories are just so damn good. It’s one of those books, where you carry the characters with you, after reading. The authors also offer some stinging criticism, particularly on the importance placed on colonial culture, while First Nations culture is largely ignored.This is one of the best books about Australia to read if you’re in the mood for something lighthearted and fun.

You couldn’t ask for a grander finale to the Great Ocean Road. As it shakes off the tortuousness of the Otway Ranges, forest turns to weather-beaten scrub, the sky bursts open and the route shoots west along a flat, narrow escarpment dropping away to terrifying ocean-pounded cliffs. This is Port Campbell national park, home to Victoria’s geological superstars, the Twelve Apostles. Many people love Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. It won a bunch of awards (including the 1992 Miles Franklin award) and regularly tops lists of ‘best books by Australian authors’ or ‘Australia’s favourite book’. Garner is a master of prose and it’s a style many young writers since have tried to copy and not quite achieved. Flanagan details how the channel has become degraded, by a corrupt industry chasing nothing else but profit.With meticulous research and eloquent prose, Hughes provides a comprehensive account of the convict transportation system, exploring the lives of the thousands of men and women who were transported to the harsh shores of Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries. I’ve been reading Lorraine Elliott’s blog for years , and her book is a memoir about food, blogging, and full of recipes. Some of the best books about Australia that have been recently written are set in the country’s major cities. Best modern Australian fiction In late 2004, 36 year old local Indigenous man Cameron Doomadgee is arrested for swearing at a policeman on the street, or loudly singing a song, depending on who you ask. Before his election, in 1964, Johnston used a line which promised peace, but also had a policy of war. The very same tactic was used by Nixon. Nixon had as early as 1950 called for direction intervention by American Forces which were to be on the side of the French colonialists.