Chronology of Australian Children's and Youth Literature

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This chronology of Australian children's and youth literature is intended to provide an overview of key events in the history of children's and youth literature in Australia .

It primarily covers publications of important books for children and young people, ie books that have received a lot of attention either from the public, from book critics or from literary studies . The term “children's and young people's books” is understood to mean not only those works that were intended from the outset for young readers, but also “child” and “youth-friendly” adaptations of books that were originally written for other target groups.

Individual events from the overall environment of Australian children's and youth literature, such as B. the establishment of important children's book publishers or the foundation of literary prizes .

19th century

20th century

PL Travers (1899–1996), author of the novel Mary Poppins

present

  • 2001 - Jackie French: Dark Wind Blowing
  • 2001 - Anita Heiss : Who am I? The Diary of Mary Talence
  • 2001 - Anthony Hill : Soldier Boy
  • 2001 - Joanne Horniman : Loving Athena , Mahalia
  • 2001ff - Jeni Mawter : So series
  • 2001 - Irena Sibley: Zara's Zoo
  • 2001ff - Janeen Webb : The Sinbad Chronicles series
  • 2002ff - Felice Arena : Specky Magee series
  • 2002 - Alyssa Brugman : Finding Grace ; Walking naked
  • 2002 - Jackie French: Café on Callisto ; The White Ship
  • 2002 - Archimede Fusillo: The Dons
  • 2002 - Bradley Trevor Greive: Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet ; The Meaning of Life
  • 2002 - Ken Spillman , Jon Doust : Magpie Mischief
  • 2002 - Roland Harvey: Islands in My Garden
  • 2002 - Anthony Hill: Young Digger
  • 2002 - Catherine Jinks: Eglantine
  • 2002-2004 - Dave Luckett : The Rhianna Chronicle
  • 2002 - Markus Zusak : Der Joker ( The Messenger )
  • 2003 - Catherine Bateson : Rain May and Captain Daniel
  • 2003 - Catherine Bateson: Painted Love Letters
  • 2003ff - Wendy Harmer : Pearlie the Park Fairy series
  • 2003 - Alison Lester: The Snow Pony
  • 2003 - Doug MacLeod : Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
  • 2003 - Kierin Meehan : Singing Night
  • 2003 - Jennifer Rowe aka Emily Rodda : Deltora Quest series
  • 2003ff - Carole Wilkinson : Dragon Keeper series
  • 2004 - First presentation of the Dane Annabelle Rankin Award (CBCA)
  • 2004 - Michael Gerard Bauer : The Running Man
  • 2004 - Mem Fox, Judy Horacek : Where is the Green Sheep
  • 2004 - Morris Gleitzman: Toad Rage
  • 2004 - Morris Gleitzman: Boy Overboard
  • 2004 - Sonya Hartnett: The Silver Donkey
  • 2004 - Barry Jonsberg : The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
  • 2004 - James Moloney: The Book of Lies
  • 2004 - Martine Murray : How to Make a Bird
  • 2005 - Randa Abdel-Fattah : Does My Head Look Big in This?
  • 2005 - Kathryn Deans : Shimmer
  • 2005 - Sonya Hartnett: Surrender
  • 2005 - Ingrid Jonach : A Lot of Things
  • 2005 - Barry Jonsberg: It's Not All About YOU, Calma
  • 2005 - Mundara Koorang : The Little Platypus and the Fire Spirit
  • 2005 - Kierin Meehan: In the Monkey Forest
  • 2005 - Martine Murray: The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley
  • 2005ff - Annie O'Dowd : Seadog Adventures series
  • 2005 - Ken Spillman, Jon Doust: Magwheel Madness
  • 2006 - Michael Gerarde Bauer: Don't Call Me Ishmael
  • 2006 - Ursula Dubosarsky : The Red Shoe
  • 2006 - Pamela Freeman: The Black Dress
  • 2006 - Bradley Trevor Greive: A Teaspoon of Courage
  • 2006 - Mardi McConnochie : Melissa, Queen of Evil
  • 2006ff - Sophie Masson: Thomas Trew series
  • 2006ff - Felicity Pulman : The Janna Mysteries
  • 2006 - Shaun Tan : A New Land ( The Arrival )
  • 2006 - Markus Zusak: The Book Thief ( The Book Thief )
  • 2007 - Catherine Bateson: Being Bee
  • 2007 - Jackie French: Pharaoh
  • 2007 - Anita Heiss: Yirra and Her Deadly Dog
  • 2007 - Judy Horacek: The Story of Growl
  • 2007 - Ingrid Jonach: The Frank Frankie
  • 2007 - Mardi McConnochie: Dangerous Games
  • 2007 - James Roy : Town
  • 2008 - Margo Lanagan : Tender Morsels
  • 2008 - Philip Neilsen: Splot the Viking

See also