John Romeril
John Romeril has been a prolific writer whose early plays include the major works I Don’t Know Who To Feel Sorry For, Chicago, Chicago and The Floating World. Other plays are Mrs Thally F, Carboni, The Kelly Dance, Lost Weekend, Black Cargo, Bring …
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John Tranter
John Tranter is an internationally renowned poet. His many volumes of poetry include Under Berlin (UQP 1988), which won the Grace Leven Prize, and At the Florida (UQP 1993). He edited the controversial anthology The New Australian Poetry, and co-…
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Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr is a Yolŋu man from the Ganalbingu clan and is known for his paintings of Ganalbingu song lines as well as his mother’s Wägilak clan stories. Along with other members of his clan, Johnny keeps culture strong through …
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Joseph Furphy
Tom Collins, a slang byword for the source of all rumours, was the pseudonym adopted by Joseph Furphy. The son of Protestant Irish immigrants, he was born at Yering Station, Victoria, in 1843. As a boy, he helped his father work the land, and later …
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Josie Wowolla Boyle
Josie Wowolla Boyle is a Wonghi woman who was born in the desert of Western Australia. She is an acclaimed storyteller, singer and artist who has been enchanting children of all ages since the 1980s. Josie performs in primary, secondary and tertiary …
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Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge is one of Australia's most acclaimed poets, taught in high schools and universities, winner of the NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Awards, a highly regarded critic, editor and teacher of poetry. She has published six collections of …
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Judith Brett
Judith Brett is Professor of Politics at La Trobe University. She is the author of Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard (Cambridge, 2003), Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (Black Inc…
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Judith Ridge
Judith Ridge is internationally recognised as one of Australia’s leading experts on literature for children and young adults. In a career spanning more than 30 years, she has worked as a teacher, writer, critic and editor. Judith has taught …
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Judith Wright
Judith Wright was born in Armidale, New South Wales in 1915. Her collections of poetry include The Moving Image (1946), Woman to Man (1949), The Gateway (1953), The Two Fires (1955), Birds (1962), Five Senses (The Forest) (1963), City Sunrise (1964…
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Judy Watson
Judy Watson grew up in a house behind her father’s veterinary clinic, and spent all her holidays on a farm near the beach. When she was not reading or drawing, she could be found lying in the long grass watching bugs and birds. Judy’s picture …
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