Question 1
Which Australian writer and artist created the children's story The Magic Pudding?
- Norman Lindsay
- May Gibbs
- Dorothy Wall
- Shaun Tan
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Norman Lindsay
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Australian Literature trivia quiz
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What the Australian Literature questions cover
- Indigenous Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Contemporary Fiction
- Miles Franklin
- Poetry
- Children's Classics
- Coming of Age
- Gothic Fiction
- Postwar Fiction
- Young Adult
- Bush Stories
- Colonial Fiction
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Question 2
Who wrote the picture book Possum Magic, about two Australian animals searching for food to reverse a spell?
- Jackie French
- Mem Fox
- Alison Lester
- Pamela Allen
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Mem Fox
Question 3
Who wrote the famous narrative poem The Man from Snowy River?
- Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Henry Lawson
- Banjo Paterson
- C. J. Dennis
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Banjo Paterson
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