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'The Nib' - CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature 2008
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Nominations
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No
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Author
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Nominated Work
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Category
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1
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Adelaide, Debra
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The household guide to dying
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F
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2
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Ajani, Judith
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The forest wars
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NF
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3
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Alexander, Christina Ann
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Green velvet shoes
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4
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Aly, Waleed
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People like us
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NF
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5
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Armstrong, Diane
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Nocturne
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F
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6
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Bail, Murray
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The pages
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F
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7
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Baxter, Carol
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Breaking the bank
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NF
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8
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Bell, Wendy
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A remote possibility - The battle for Imparja television
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NF
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9
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Blain, Georgia
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Births, deaths, marriages
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NF
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10
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Blainey, Ann
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I am Melba
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NF
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11
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Boyce, James
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Van Dieman's Land
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NF
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12
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Brooks, Dr Karen
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Consuming innocence: Popular culture and our children
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NF
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13
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Brooks, Geraldine
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People of the book
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F
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14
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Burnside, Julian
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Watching brief: reflections on human rights, law and justice
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NF
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15
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Burton, Bob
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inside spin
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NF
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16
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Byrski, Liz
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Trip of a lifetime
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F
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17
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Calvino, Felix
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A hatful of cherries
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F
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18
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Capp, Fiona
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Musk & Byrne
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F
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19
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Carey, Peter
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His illegal self
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F
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20
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Caro, Jane
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The F word
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NF
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21
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Carr, Bob
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My reading life
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NF
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22
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Calder, Jean
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Where the road leads
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NF
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23
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Caulfield, Michael
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The Vietnam years
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NF
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24
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Charlton, Andrew
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Ozonomics
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NF
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25
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Chung, Helene
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Ching chung China girl
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NF
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26
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Coetzee, J M
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Diary of a bad year
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F
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27
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Cole, Catherine
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The poet who forgot
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NF
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28
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Cole-Adams, Kate
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Walking to the moon
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F
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29
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Condon, Matthew
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The trout opera
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F
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30
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Condon, Sean
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Michael Sweeney's method
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YA
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31
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Conte, Steven
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The zookeeper's war
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F
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32
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Cooper, Michelle
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A brief history of Montmaray
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YA
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33
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Corbett, Bryce
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A town like Paris
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34
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Cowley, Des
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The world of the book
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NF
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35
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Cunningham, Sophie
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Bird
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F
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36
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Darby, Andrew
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Harpoon
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NF
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37
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Darcas, Christine
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Dancing backwards in high heels
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F
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38
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Davis, Michael
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Writing heritage: The depiction of indigenous heritage in European - Australian writings
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NF
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39
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de Brito, Sam
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The lost boys
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F
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40
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Dean, Jan
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With one brush
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F
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41
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Dew, Christine
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Uncommissioned art
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NF
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42
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Doherty, Peter
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A light history of hot air
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NF
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43
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Dover, Bruce
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Rupert's adventures in China
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NF
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44
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Earls, Nick & Sparrow, Rebecca
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Joel and Cat set the story straight
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YA
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45
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Edwards, Jennifer
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The golden light - Love, life and your spirit
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NF
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46
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Emery, Brook
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Uncommon light
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F
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47
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Errington, Wayne & Van Onselen, Peter
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John Winston Howard
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NF
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48
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Evans, Ilsa
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Broken
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F
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49
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Ewer, Peter
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Forgotton Anzacs
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NF
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50
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Farrelly, Elizabeth
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Blubberland: the dangers of happiness
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NF
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51
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Fedler, Joanne
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Things without a name
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F
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52
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Fisher, Jo
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Caroline Chisholm to the rescue
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Ch
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53
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Flannery, Tim
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An explorer's notebook
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NF
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54
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Fletcher, Brian
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Magnificent obsession
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NF
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55
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Forrest, Lisa
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Boycott
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NF
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56
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Freeman, Kimberley
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Duet
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F
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57
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Gadd, Jeremy
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Country - Stories from rural Australia
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F
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58
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Garner, Helen
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The spare room
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F
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59
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Gawenda, Michael
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American notebook
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NF
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60
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Gilling, Tom
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Dreamland
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F
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61
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Gleeson-White, Jane
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Australian classics
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NF
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62
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Goodall, Jane
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The calling
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F
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63
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Green, Penelope
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See Naples and die
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F
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64
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Greenwood, Mark & Lessac, Frané
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Simpson and his donkey
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Ch
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65
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Grimstone, Lance
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Brother rats
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F
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66
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Grimstone, Lance
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When the tulips bled
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F
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67
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Groth, Darren
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The umbilical word
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F
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68
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Ha, Tanya
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The Australian consumer guide: Choosing products for a healthier home, planet and bank balance
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NF
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69
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Haebich, Anna
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Spinning the dream
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NF
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70aa
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Ham, Paulaa
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Vietnam - The Australian Waraa
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aa71
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Hamilton, Carolineaa
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Consumedaa
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Faa
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72
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Hansen, Jane
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three seasons
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NF
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73
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Happell, Charles
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The bone man of Kokoda
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NF
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74
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Hartnett, Sonya
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The ghost's child
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YA
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75
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Hastrich, Vicki
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The great arch
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F
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76
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Hauser, Kitty
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Bloody old Britain
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NF
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77
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Hathorn, Libby
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Georgiana woman of flowers
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YA
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78
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Hearn, Lian
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Heaven's net is wide
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YA
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79
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Helen, Maureen
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Other people's country
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NF
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80
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Hollingworth, Robert
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They called me the wildman
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NF
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81
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Hoorn, Jeanette
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Australian pastoral
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NF
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82
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Horne, Myfanwy & Donald
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Dying a memoir
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NF
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83
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Hughes, John
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Someone else: Fictional essays
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F
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84
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Huynh, Kim
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Where the sea takes us
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NF
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85
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Jeffrey, James
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Paprika paradise
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NF
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86
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Jinks, Catherine
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Dark mountain
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F
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87
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Johns, Andrew
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The two of me
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NF
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88
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Jordan, Toni
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Addition
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F
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89
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Kent, Jacqueline
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An exacting heart
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NF
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90
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Kituai, Kathy
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Straggling into winter
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F
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91
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Knox, Sara
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The orphan gunner
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F
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92
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Koch, Christopher
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The memory room
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F
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93
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Kowalski, David
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The company of the dead
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F
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94
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Kurzem, Mark
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The mascot
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NF
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95
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Lake, Marilyn
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Drawing the global colour line
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NF
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96
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Lawrinson, Julia
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The push
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YA
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97
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Lawson, Sue
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Finding Darcy
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F
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98
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Lehane, Robert
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William Bede Dalley
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NF
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99
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Levin, Tanya
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People in glass houses: an insider's story of a life in and out of Hillsong
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NF
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100
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Levy, Barry
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As if!
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F
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101
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London, Joan
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The good parents
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F
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102
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MacConnell, Michael
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Maelstrom
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F
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103
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Macinnis, Peter
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Australia's Pioneers
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NF
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104
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Mackay, Hugh
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Advance Australia - where?
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NF
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105
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Macklin, Robert
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Keven Rudd: The biography
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NF
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106
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Macpherson, Colin
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The holy well
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F
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107
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Maguire, Emily
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Princesses & pornstars
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NF
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108
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Marks, Kathy
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Pitcairn: Paradise lost
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NF
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109
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Massy, Charles
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The Australian merino
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NF
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110
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Maudson, Val
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10,000 years
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F
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111
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Mazari, Najaf & Hillman, Robert
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The rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif
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NF
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112
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McDonald, Damien
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Luck in the greater west
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113
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McKinley, Tamara
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Kingdom for the brave
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F
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114
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Miller - Brown, Sharlene
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The retreaters
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F
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115
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Miller, Alex
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Landscape of farewell
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F
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116
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Moloney, James
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Kill the possum
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YA
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117
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Mutard, Bruce
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The sacrifice
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YA
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118
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Noli, Camilla
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Still waters
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F
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119
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O'Keeffe, Kerry
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Turn turn turn…please
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NF
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120
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Parisi, Susan
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Blood of dreams
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F
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121
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Peach, John
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The biggest ever mining swindle in the colonies
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NF
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122
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Pearse, Guy
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High & dry
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NF
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123
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Pentecost, Jesse
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The con
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F
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124
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Petta, Sylvia
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Back burning
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F
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125
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Phelan, James
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Partiot act
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F
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126
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Plunkett, Richard
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The long patrol
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NF
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127
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Polain, Marcella
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The edge of the world
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F
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128
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Poulter, Colleen
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The wong way to marry
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F
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129
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Pulman, Felicity
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Willows for weeping. Book 4 of the Janna mysteries
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YA
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130
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Rath, Chris
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Happiness
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F
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131
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Rea, Paul
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Voices from the fortress
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NF
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132
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Richards, Jonathan
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The secret war: A true history of Queensland's native police
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NF
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133
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Ridgway, Ian
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Red cedar - red gold
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F
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134
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Riemer, Andrew
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A family history of smoking
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NF
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135
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Robotham, Michael
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Shatter
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F
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136
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Rowe, Cynthia
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Couscous threads
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F
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137
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Sara, Sally
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Gogo mama
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NF
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138
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Sayer, Mandy
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The night has a thousand eyes
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F
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139
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Serov, Banafsheh
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Under a starless sky
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NF
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140
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Shearston, Trevor
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Dead birds
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F
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141
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Sherborne, Craig
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Muck
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F
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142
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Simons, Margaret
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The content makers
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NF
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143
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Skinner, Graeme
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Peter Sculthorpe: The making of an Australian composer
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NF
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144
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Smith, Babette
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Australia's birthstain
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NF
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145
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Sollitt, Max
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Catastroscopes
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NF
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146
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Stewart, Kathleen
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The after life
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NF
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147
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Syme, Rodney
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A good death
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NF
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148
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Taylor-Friend, Lee
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Tommy's girl
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F
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149
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Tracy, Doug
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Inside the ropes - A surgeon's life
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NF
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150
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Tumarkin, Maria
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Courage
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NF
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151
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Underhill, Nancy
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Nolan on Nolan
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NF
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152
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Valentine, Alana
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Paramatta girls
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F
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153
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Wakely, Mark
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Sweet sorrow
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NF
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154
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Waters, Jeff
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Gone for a song
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NF
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155
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Watson, Don
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American journeys
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F
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156
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Whitting, Glenice
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Pickle to pie
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F
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157
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Wilkins, Peter
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Don't rock the boat
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NF
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158
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Williams, Roy
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God, actually
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NF
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159
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Womersley, Chris
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The low road
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F
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160
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Woodford, James
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Whitecap
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F
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161
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Wright, Pattie
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The men of the line
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NF
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162
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Wyndham, Susan
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Life in his hands
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NF
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163
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Yeldham, Peter
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Barbed wire & roses
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F
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164
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Yu, Ouyang
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On the smell of an oily rag: speaking English, thinking Chinese and living Australian
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NF
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165
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Zable, Arnold
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Sea of many returns
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F
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