Books reviewed in article: Marcus Clarke: His Natural Life, edited by Lurline Stuart (Academy Editions of Australian Literature-UQP); Miles Franklin, in association with Kate Baker: Joseph Furphy: the legend of a man and his book (Halstead Press); Lucy Frost & Hamish Maxwell-Stewart: Chain Letters: narrating convict lives (MUP); Joseph Furphy: The Buln-Buln and the Brolga (Halstead Press); Vance Palmer: The Passage, with Afterword by Neil James (Halstead Press); Henry Handel Richardson: The Getting of Wisdom,edited by Clive Probyn and Bruce Steele (Academy Editions of Australian Uterature--l.JQP); Judah Waten: Distant Land, with Afterword by Hsu Ming Teo (Halstead Press)