2005 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2005.

Events

• Morag Fraser is appointed as a judge of the Miles Franklin Award, following the resignation of three judges in late 2004^[1]
• Murray Bail is accused of plagiarism over several passages in his novel Eucalyptus. Bail later accepts the breach and intends adding an acknowledgment in future editions^[2]
• The Victorian town of Shepparton unveils a statue of Joseph Furphy, author of Such is Life^[3]
• Collins Booksellers, Australia's third largest national bookseller, goes into voluntary administration^[4]

Major publications

Literary fiction

• Diane Armstrong – Winter Journey^[5]
• Anne Bartlett – Knitting^[6]
• Geraldine Brooks – March
• Brian Castro – The Garden Book
• J.M. Coetzee – Slow Man
• Gregory Day – The Patron Saint of Eels
• Robert Drewe – Grace^[7]
• Arabella Edge – The God of Spring^[8]
• Delia Falconer – The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers^[9]
• Kate Grenville – The Secret River
• Sonya Hartnett – Surrender
• Wendy James – Out of the Silence
• Nicholas Jose – Original Face^[10]
• Stephen Lacey – Sandstone^[11]
• Steven Lang – An Accidental Terrorist^[12]
• Carolyn Leach-Paholski – The Grasshopper Shoe^[13]
• Andrew McCann – Subtopia^[14]
• Roger McDonald – The Ballad of Desmond Kale
• Alex Miller – Prochownik's Dream
• Joanna Murray-Smith – Sunnyside^[15]
• Eva Sallis – The Marsh Birds^[16]
• Elizabeth Stead – The Book of Tides^[17]
• Carrie Tiffany – Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living
• Ian Townsend – Affection^[18]
• Christos Tsiolkas – Dead Europe^[19]
• Brenda Walker – The Wing of Night
• Tim Winton – The Turning

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Randa Abdel-Fattah – Does My Head Look Big in This?
• Isobelle Carmody – Alyzon Whitestarr
• Kate Constable – The Tenth Power^[20]
• Gary Crew – The Lace Maker's Daughter^[21]
• Mem Fox – Hunwick's Egg
• Morris Gleitzman – Once
• Kerry Greenwood – The Rat and the Raven^[22]
• Sonya Hartnett – Surrender
• Barry Jonsberg – It's Not All About You, Calma!^[23]
• Justine Larbalestier – Magic or Madness
• Victor Kelleher – Dogboy^[24]
• Mardi McConnochie – Fivestar^[25]
• Garth Nix – Drowned Wednesday
• Penni Russon – Breathe^[26]
• Scott Westerfeld
  • Pretties
  • Touching Darkness
  • Uglies
• Markus Zusak – The Book Thief

Crime

• Robert G. Barrett – Crime Scene Cessnock^[27]
• John Birmingham – Designated Targets: World War 2.2^[28]
• Peter Corris – Saving Billie^[29]
• Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth^[30]
• Michelle de Kretser – The Hamilton Case
• Garry Disher – Snapshot^[31]
• Greg Flynn – The Berlin Cross^[32]
• Robert Gott – A Thing of Blood^[33]
• Kerry Greenwood – Death by Water^[34]
• Gabrielle Lord – Dirty Weekend^[35]
• P. D. Martin – Body Count^[36]
• Chris Nyst – Crook as Rookwood
• Leigh Redhead – Rubdown^[37]
• Matthew Reilly – Seven Ancient Wonders^[38]
• Michael Robotham – Lost
• Heather Rose – The Butterfly Man^[39]
• Steve J. Spears – Innocent Murder^[40]
• Peter Temple – The Broken Shore

Romance

• Lilian Darcy – The Father Factor^[41]
• Marion Lennox – Bride by Accident^[42]

Science fiction and fantasy

• K. A. Bedford – Eclipse^[43]
• Damien Broderick – Godplayers^[44]
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Well of Tears^[45]
• Marianne de Pierres – Crash Deluxe
• Sara Douglass – Darkwitch Rising^[46]
• Kate Forsyth – The Shining City^[47]
• Catherine Jinks – Evil Genius^[48]
• Juliet Marillier – Blade of Fortriu^[49]
• Sean Williams
  • Ascent (with Shane Dix)^[50]
  • The Blood Debt^[51]
  • The Hanging Mountains^[52]

Drama

• Chris Aronsten – Human Resources^[53]
• Jane Brodie – A Single Act^[54]
• Catherine Lazaroo – Asylum^[55]

Poetry

• Alan Gould – The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003^[56]
• John Kinsella – The New Arcadia^[57]
• Jennifer Maiden – Friendly Fire
• Jaya Savige – Latecomers^[58]

Non-fiction

• R.J.B. Bosworth – Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945^[59]
• Richard Broome – Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800^[60]
• Helen Ennis – Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography^[61]
• Pamela Freeman – The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years^[62]
• Tom Keneally –
• Maria Nugent – Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet^[63]

Biographies

• John Baxter – We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light^[64]
• Richie Benaud – My Spin on Cricket^[65]
• Eric Campbell – Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places^[66]
• Maryanne Convoy – Morris West: Literary Maverick^[67]
• Peter C. Doherty – The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science^[68]
• Graham Freudenberg – A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir^[69]
• Gavin Fry – Albert Tucker^[70]
• Aneurin Hughes – Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party^[71]
• Sandy McCutcheon – The Magician's Son^[72]
• William McInnes – A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad^[73]
• Brenda Niall – Judy Cassab: A Portrait^[74]
• Barry Pearce – Jeffrey Smart^[75]
• Jacob G. Rosenberg – East of Time^[76]
• Mandy Sayer – Velocity^[77]
• Craig Sherborne – Hoi Polloi^[78]
• Steve Waugh – Out of My Comfort Zone^[79]
• Elisabeth Wynhausen – Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market^[80]

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award	Author
Christopher Brennan Award[81]	Fay Zwicky
Patrick White Award[82]	Fay Zwicky

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year[83]	Gay Bilson	Plenty: Digressions on Food	Lantern
ALS Gold Medal[84]	Gail Jones	Sixty Lights	Harvill Press
Colin Roderick Award[85]	Peter Temple	The Broken Shore	Text Publishing
Nita Kibble Literary Award[86]	Gay Bilson	Plenty	Lantern

Fiction

International

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[87]	Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region	Andrew McGahan	The White Earth	Allen and Unwin
	Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region	Larissa Behrendt	Home	University of Queensland Press

National

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[88]	Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award	Gail Jones	Sixty Lights	Harvill Press
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[89]	Andrew O'Connor	Tuvalu	Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[90]	Andrew McGahan	The White Earth	Allen and Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Tim Winton	The Turning	Picador
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards	Tim Winton	The Turning	Picador
Victorian Premier's Literary Award	Sonya Hartnett	Surrender	Walker Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Gail Jones	Sixty Lights	Harvill Press

Children and Young Adult

National

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers	Michael Gerard Bauer	The Running Man	Omnibus Books
	Younger Readers	Sonya Hartnett	The Silver Donkey	Viking Books
	Picture Book	Alison Lester	Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia	Viking Books
	Early Childhood	Mem Fox, illus. Judy Horacek	Where is the Green Sheep?	Viking Books
Davitt Award	Young Adult	Joanna Baker	Devastation Road	Lothian
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Children's	Sherryl Clark	Farm Kid	Puffin Books
	Young People's	Steven Herrick	By the River	Allen and Unwin
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards	Children's	Prue Mason	Camel Rider	Puffin Books
	Young Adult	Joanne Horniman	Secret Scribbled Notebooks	Allen and Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award	Young Adult Fiction	Scott Westerfeld	So Yesterday	Penguin Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Writing for Young Adults	Anthony Eaton	Fireshadow	University of Queensland Press
	Children's	Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding	A Home for Bilby	Magabala Books

Crime and Mystery

National

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Davitt Award[91]	Novel	Kathryn Fox	Malicious Intent	Macmillan
	Readers' Choice	Leigh Redhead	Peepshow	Allen & Unwin
	Young Adult Novel	Joanna Baker	Devastation Road	Lothian
Ned Kelly Award[92]	Novel	Michael Robotham	Lost	Time Warner Book Group
	First novel	Malcolm Knox	A Private Man	Vintage Books
	True crime	Helen Garner	Joe Cinque's Consolation	Picador
		Tony Reeves	Mr Big	Allen & Unwin
	Lifetime Achievement	Stuart Coupe

Science fiction

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Aurealis Award	Sf Novel	Damien Broderick	K-Machines	Thunder's Mouth Press
	Sf Short Story	Sean Williams	The Seventh Letter	"Bulletin" Magazine, Summer Reading Edition
	Fantasy Novel	Juliet Marillier	Wildwood Dancing	Pan Macmillan
	Fantasy Short Story	Margo Lanagan	"A Fine Magic"	Eidolon Books (Eidolon I)
	Horror Novel	Will Elliott	The Pilo Family Circus	ABC Books
		Edwina Grey	Prismatic	Lothian Books
	Horror Short Story	Stephen Dedman	"Dead of Winter"	Weird Tales
Ditmar Award	Novel	Sean Williams	The Crooked Letter	Voyager
	Novella/Novelette	Paul Haines	"The Last Days of Kali Yuga"	NFG Magazine
	Short Story	Margo Lanagan	"Singing My Sister Down"	Black Juice
	Collected Work	Margo Lanagan	Black Juice	Allen & Unwin
Australian Shadows Award		Lee Battersby	"Father Muerte and the Flesh"	Aurealis

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature	Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year	Dipti Saravanamuttu	The Colosseum	Five Islands Press
Anne Elder Award[93]	Max Ryan	Rainswayed Night	Dangerously Poetic Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[94]	Noel Rowe	Next to Nothing	Vagabond Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[95]	Not awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Samuel Wagan Watson	Smoke Encrypted Whispers	University of Queensland Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards	Sarah Day	The Ship	Brandl and Schlesinger
Victorian Premier's Literary Award	M. T. C. Cronin	1-100	Shearsman Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards	Miriam Wei Wei Lo	Against Certain Capture	Five Islands Press

Non-Fiction

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature	Non-Fiction	Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year	Non-fiction	Gay Bilson	Plenty: Digressions on Food	Lantern
National Biography Award[96]	Biography	Robert Hillman	The Boy in the Green Suit	Scribe Publications
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Non-fiction	John Hughes	The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays	Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards	Australian History	Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller	Degenerates and Perverts: the 1939 Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art	Melbourne University Publishing
	Community and Regional History	Joe Hajdu	Samurai in the Surf: the Arrival of the Japanese on the Gold Coast in the 1980s	Pandanus Books
	General History	Sally Neighbour	In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia	HarperCollins
	Young People's	Allan Baillie	My Story: Riding with Thunderbolt, the Diary of Ben Cross	Scholastic Press
Nita Kibble Literary Award		Gay Bilson	Plenty: Digressions on Food	Lantern
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards	Non-fiction	Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon	Papunya – A Place Made After the Story	Miegunyah Press
	History	Shane White and Graham White	The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech	Beacon Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award	Non-fiction	Robert Dessaix	Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev	Picador

Deaths

• 11 April – John Brosnan, sf and cinema writer (born 1947)^[97]
• 10 May – Percy Trezise, children's writer (born 1923)^[98]
• 13 May – Shelton Lea, poet (born 1946)^[99]
• 29 August – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist (born in Bristol, England, 1934)^[100]
• 8 September – Donald Horne, social and political commentator (born 1921)^[101]
• 14 October – Barney Roberts, poet and short story writer (born 1920)^[102]
• 18 October – Philip Martin, poet (born 1931)^[103]
• 1 November –
  • Jenny Boult, poet (born 1951)^[104]
  • Michael Thwaites, poet (born 1915)^[105]
• 22 December – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (born 1923)^[106]

See also

• 2005 in Australia
• 2005 in literature
• 2005 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fraser a Miles Franklin judge . 22 January 2009 . 11 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211002217/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/Fraser-a-Miles-Franklin-judge/2005/02/01/1107228693867.html . live .
2. Web site: Taking a leaf from another book . 22 January 2009 . 1 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081001002224/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Taking-a-leaf-from-another-book/2005/02/04/1107476793923.html . live .
3. Web site: New generation finds Joseph Furphy . 22 January 2009 . 13 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613155447/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/New-generation-finds-Joseph-Furphy/2005/03/11/1110417688940.html . live .
4. Web site: Collins calls in the doctor . 22 January 2009 . 20 December 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051220180543/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Collins-calls-in-the-doctor/2005/04/26/1114462041845.html . live .
5. Web site: Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
6. Web site: Knitting by Anne Bartlett. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
7. Web site: Grace by Robert Drewe. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
8. Web site: The God of Spring by Arabella Edge. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
9. Web site: The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers by Delia Falconer. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
10. Web site: Original Face by Nicholas Jose. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
11. Web site: Sandstone by Stephen Lacey. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
12. Web site: An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
13. Web site: The Grasshopper Shoe by Carolyn Leach-Paholski. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
14. Web site: Subtopia by A. L. McCann. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
15. Web site: Sunnyside by Joanna Murray-Smith. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
16. Web site: The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
17. Web site: The Book of Tides by Elizabeth Stead. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
18. Web site: Affection by Ian Townsend. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
19. Web site: Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas. National Library of Australia. 19 July 2024.
20. Web site: The Tenth Power by Kate Constable. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
21. Web site: The Lace Maker's Daughter by Gary Crew. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
22. Web site: The Rat and the Raven by Kerry Greenwood. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
23. Web site: It's Not All About You, Calma! by Barry Jonsberg. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
24. Web site: Dogboy by Victor Kelleher. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
25. Web site: Fivestar by Mardi McConnochie. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
26. Web site: Breathe by Penni Russon. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
27. Web site: Crime Scene Cessnock by Robert G. Barrett. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
28. Web site: Designated Targets: World War 2.2 by John Birmingham. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
29. Web site: Saving Billie by Peter Corris. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
30. Web site: Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill. Austlit. 16 July 2024.
31. Web site: Snapshot by Garry Disher. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
32. Web site: The Berlin Cross by Greg Flynn. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
33. Web site: A Thing of Blood by Robert Gott. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
34. Web site: Death by Water by Kerry Greenwood. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
35. Web site: Dirty Weekend by Gabrielle Lord. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
36. Web site: Body Count by P. D. Martin. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
37. Web site: Rubdown by Leigh Redhead. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
38. Web site: Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
39. Web site: The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
40. Web site: Innocent Murder by Steve J. Spears. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
41. Web site: The Father Factor by Lilian Darcy. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
42. Web site: Bride by Accident by Marion Lennox. National Library of Australia. 16 July 2024.
43. Web site: Eclipse by K. A. Bedford. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
44. Web site: Godplayers by Damien Broderick. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
45. Web site: The Well of Tears by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
46. Web site: Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
47. Web site: The Shining City by Kate Forsyth. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
48. Web site: Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
49. Web site: Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
50. Web site: Ascent by Sean Williams & Shane Dix. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
51. Web site: The Blood Debt by Sean Williams. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
52. Web site: The Hanging Mountains by Sean Williams. ISFDB. 15 July 2024.
53. Web site: Human Resources by Chris Aronsten. Austlit. 16 July 2024.
54. Web site: A Single Act by Jane Brodie. Austlit. 16 July 2024.
55. Web site: Asylum by Catherine Lazaroo. Austlit. 16 July 2024.
56. Web site: The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003 by Alan Gould. National Library of Australia. 15 July 2024.
57. Web site: The New Arcadia by John Kinsella . National Library of Australia. 15 July 2024.
58. Web site: Latecomers by Jaya Savige. National Library of Australia. 15 July 2024.
59. Web site: Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 by R.J.B. Bosworth. National Library of Australia. 18 July 2024.
60. Web site: Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 by Richard Broome. National Library of Australia. 18 July 2024.
61. Web site: Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography by Helen Ennis. National Library of Australia. 18 July 2024.
62. Web site: The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years by Pamela Freeman. Austlit. 18 July 2024.
63. Web site: Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet by Maria Nugent . National Library of Australia. 18 July 2024.
64. Web site: We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light by John Baxter. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
65. Web site: My Spin on Cricket by Richie Benaud. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
66. Web site: Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places by Eric Campbell. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
67. Web site: Morris West: Literary Maverick by Maryanne Convoy. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
68. Web site: The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science by Peter C. Doherty. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
69. Web site: A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir by Graham Freudenberg. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
70. Web site: Albert Tucker by Gavin Fry. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
71. Web site: Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party by Aneurin Hughes. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
72. Web site: The Magician's Son by Sandy McCutcheon. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
73. Web site: A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad by William McInnes. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
74. Web site: Judy Cassab: A Portrait by Brenda Niall. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
75. Web site: Jeffrey Smart by Barry Pearce. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
76. Web site: East of Time by Jacob G. Rosenberg. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
77. Web site: Velocity by Mandy Sayer. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
78. Web site: Hoi Polloi by Craig Sherborne. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
79. Web site: Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
80. Web site: Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market by Elisabeth Wynhausen. National Library of Australia. 20 July 2024.
81. Web site: Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award. Austlit. 11 September 2023. 19 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230919073146/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3. live.
82. Web site: Writers' solitary life interrupted by award . Theage.com.au . 2023-09-10 . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512010913/http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/writers-solitary-life-interrupted-by-award/2005/11/11/1131578237917.html . live .
83. Web site: "More than restaurants". The Age, 20 August 2005. 16 January 2024. 27 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627064726/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/more-than-restaurants-20050820-ge0q5r.html. live.
84. Web site: ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners. Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 13 January 2024. 22 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240122101539/https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/. live.
85. Web site: Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners. James Cook University. 16 January 2024. 30 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231130015711/https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/roderick-award/previous-winners2. live.
86. Web site: Kibble Literary Award . Australian National University . 26 February 2024 . 10 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210075745/https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award . live .
87. Web site: Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007. Commonwealth Foundation. 18 January 2024. 23 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071023223729/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf. dead.
88. Web site: State Library of South Australia. Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners. 18 April 2024.
89. Web site: "Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005". Austlit. 19 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215222620/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=15&count=3. live.
90. Web site: Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-). Austlit. 21 September 2023. 7 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231107080036/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254. live.
91. Web site: "LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2005". LibraryThing. 10 January 2024. 10 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240110044246/https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2005/Davitt-Award-2005. live.
92. Web site: 2005 Ned Kelly Award Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722221927/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/11 . 2015-07-22 . 2024-01-10 . Australian Crime Writers.
93. http://carrera.turboservers.com.au/~fawvic/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2005.PDF 2005 National Literary Awards Results
94. Web site: Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2005-2007. Austlit. 28 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212222127/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3. live.
95. Web site: Mary Gilmore Award . . 29 February 2024 . 8 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308150200/https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ . live .
96. Web site: "National Biography Award – Past Winners" . State Library of NSW. 1 August 2024.
97. Web site: John Brosnan (1947-2005) . Austlit. 17 May 2024.
98. Web site: Percy Trezise (1923-2005). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 4 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240504070912/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20115 . live .
99. Web site: Shelton Lea (1946-2005). 2024-02-19 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 19 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219222206/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20341 . live .
100. Web site: Margaret Scott (1934-2005). 2024-02-16 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 16 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216215521/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13800 . live .
101. Web site: Donald Horne (1921-2005) . Austlit. 17 May 2024.
102. Web site: Barney Roberts (1920-2005) . Austlit. 17 May 2024.
103. Web site: Philip Martin (1931-2005). 2024-02-14 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 14 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240214222525/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A29020 . live .
104. Web site: Jenny Boult (1951-2005) . Austlit. 17 May 2024.
105. Web site: Michael Thwaites (1915-2005). 2023-09-14 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 26 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326020212/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34833 . live .
106. Web site: Bill Scott (1923-2005). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland . 15 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230715034006/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13132 . live .