Marjorie Barnard & Flora Eldershaw -- Alan Marshall -- Martin Boyd -- David Martin -- David Campbell -- James McAuley -- Gavin Casey -- Hugh McCrae -- Charmian Clift -- John Morrison -- Peter Cowan -- Nettie Palmer -- Dymphna Cusack -- Vance Palmer -- Eleanor Dark -- Ruth Park -- Frank Davison -- Brian Penton -- C.J. Dennis -- Hal Porter -- Jean Devanny -- Katharine Prichard -- Rosemary Dobson -- Nevil Shute -- Mary Durack -- Kenneth Slessor -- Louis Esson -- Christina Stead -- R.D. Fitzgerald -- P.R. Stephenson -- Mary Gilmore -- Douglas Stewart -- Frank Hardy -- Harold Stewart -- Dal Stivens -- Xavier Herbert -- Randolph Stow -- Rex Ingamells -- Francis Webb -- George Johnston -- Patrick White -- Norman Lindsay -- Judith Wright -- Kenneth Mackenzie -- Frederic Manning
Summary
The starting date for this volume is central to Australia's self-definition; it is the year of the most famous battle in Australian military history - Gallipoli, during World War I. It marked the first time that Australians fought as a nation rather than part of the British military, and the Gallipoli campaign has come to signify a legendary image of the Australian character - one who is brave in the face of danger, stoic in adversity, and loyal to ones comrades