* 1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian author ( d. 1996 )

* 1922 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian ( d. 1998 )

* 1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author

* 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian author ( d. 2004 )

* 1885 – Vance Palmer, Australian author ( d. 1959 )

* 1923 – Charmian Clift, Australian author ( d. 1969 )

Andrew " Tridge " Tridgell ( born 28 February 1967 ) is an Australian computer programmer best known as the author of and contributor to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm.

* 1908 – Rica Erickson, Australian artist, historian, and author ( d. 2009 )

* 1909 – Ronald McKie, Australian author ( d. 1991 )

* 1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author ( d. 2002 )

* 1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author ( d. 2007 )

Geelong had always been particularly subject to what Geoffrey Blainey, a notable Australian historian, author of A Game of Our Own, and Geelong supporter, termed the " tyranny of distance ".

In 1991, Australian author and playwright Larry Buttrose wrote and staged a theatrical production of Kurtz ( based on Heart of Darkness ) with the Crossroads Theatre Company, Sydney.

* 1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author

* 1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian author

* 1997 – George Turner, Australian author ( b. 1916 )

* 1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian singer-songwriter, author and actress

* 1877 – May Gibbs, Australian children's author ( d. 1969 )

* 1872 – Ethel Turner, Australian author ( d. 1958 )

* 1950 – Brian Castro, Australian author

* 1936 – Burnum Burnum, Australian activist, actor and author ( d. 1997 )

* 1963 – Garth Nix, Australian author

Australian author Sara Douglass incorporated some labyrinthine ideas in her series The Troy Game, in which the Labyrinth on Crete is one of several in the ancient world, created with the cities as a source of magical power.

* 1943 – Peter Carey, Australian author

* 1968 – Felice Arena, Australian author

* December 23 – Reginald Miles Ansett, Australian businessman and aviator ( b. 1909 )

Novelists of classic Australian works include Marcus Clarke ( For the Term of His Natural Life ), Rolf Boldrewood ( Robbery Under Arms ), Miles Franklin ( My Brilliant Career ), Mary Durack ( Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country ) and Jeannie Gunn ( We of the Never Never ).

It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin ( 1879 – 1954 ), one of the major Australian writers of her time.

During the recording they met original member Miles Golding, who was then living in London, and attended a recital he gave at the Australian Embassy.

Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize, the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker.

The Murdoch University International Study Centre ( MUISC ) in Singapore was officially opened in June 2008 by Australian High Commissioner Mr Miles Kupa.

The junior league has produced a number of Australian internationals such as, Gordon Tallis and Gene Miles and it is an important junior nursery for the National Rugby League

While an event called the Australian Grand Prix is believed to have been staged in 1927 near Sydney, it is generally accepted that the Australian Grand Prix began as the 100 Miles Road Race held at the original Phillip Island road circuit in 1928.

Initially radical, nationalist, democratic, and racist, it gained wide influence and became a celebrated entry-point to publication for Australian writers and cartoonists such as Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Miles Franklin, and the illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay.

It was first published in 1994 under the pseudonym Helen Demidenko and won the Miles Franklin Award the following year before becoming the subject of a major Australian literary controversy about the author's false claims of Ukrainian ethnicity.

The deception was revealed by the Australian media when her novel won the Miles Franklin Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Australia.

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, known as Miles Franklin ( 14 October 187919 September 1954 ) was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published in 1901.

She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major literary award known as the Miles Franklin Award.

* Barnard, Marjorie ( 1967 ) Miles Franklin: The Story of a Famous Australian

* Australian Women Biographical Entry Franklin, Stella Maria ( Marian ) Sarah Miles ( 1879-1954 ) Accessed: 2007-09-01

( 1981 ) " Franklin, Stella Maria Sarah Miles ( 1879-1954 )" in Australian Dictionary of Biography online Accessed: 2007-09-01

* State Library of New South Wales Australian Feminist Manuscripts: Miles Franklin ( 1879-1954 ) Accessed: 2007-09-01

This was against a Seagulls line-up featuring Australian captain Wally Lewis and centre Gene Miles, both of whom would later captain the Brisbane Broncos under Bennett.

Although Tina Charles provided the vocals, she was not publicly acknowledged as the group's singer and for the band's 1975 appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops they were fronted by singer / actress Luan Peters ( best remembered for her role as Raylene Miles, an Australian tourist in an episode of Fawlty Towers ), first broadcast in 1979.

( The ever-popular 1930's Australian hit song " Five Miles From Gundagai " also celebrates the dog and his loyalty.

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘ published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases ’.

The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin ( 1879 – 1954 ), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ( published in 1901 ) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award.