Report

Sources used

The following sources were used in the compilation of this blog;

Trove - National Library of Australia

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

State Library of NSW

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/

City of Sydney Library

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/library/

Jerzy Toeplitz Library Australian Film Television and Radio School

http://www.aftrs.edu.au/explore/library.aspx

Australian Film Institute

AUSTLIT - The Australian Literature Resource

http://0-austlit.edu.au.library.sl.nsw.gov.au/

MagillOnLiterature Plus

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=8139c07e-8d7e-4444-bc59-13fa7ac0db3f%40sessionmgr15&vid=1&hid=11

http://www.afi.org.au/Home/AM/ContentManagerNet/Homepages/AFIHomepage.aspx?Section=Home

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=283155

Global Books in Print

http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/bip/

Google Books

http://books.google.com/

Search strategies
The search strategies involved performing an advanced search for the term: Australian fiction. This strategy identified the following relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings;

·         Australian Literature
·         Authors, Australian
·         Australian Film
·         Australian Literature --Film and video adaptations
·         Australian fiction

Usefulness of the annotated bibliography

All of the items selected for this annotated bibliography are regarded as classis works of Australian literature. A search of Trove reveals that all of the items are held in voluminous numbers at libraries throughout Australia. These are all works of literature that are not only important to Australian history but also remain relevant today.  These works of literature have stood the test of time, appeal to a wide audience and remain highly popular today.

This annotated bibliography promotes the National Year of Reading as well as eminent Australian authors, prominent works of Australian literature and renowned Australian films. It includes a diverse range of items, many of which have won awards and have wide appeal amongst audiences.

Item excluded from the annotated bibliography

Sunday Too Far Away [videorecording], [Australia] : REEL Corporation, c2001.

This title was going to be included in the annotated bibliography as a work of Australian literature that had been adapted for film, however further research uncovered that the film was based on a screenplay by John Dingwall and had never been published as a novel.  Accordingly, the item did not satisfy the selection criteria.