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He studied law and worked as a schoolteacher in Sydney, before his success as a novelist, and was a lecturer at the University of New England ( 1968 - 70). He has also written screenplays, memoirs, and non-fiction books.

He is a strong advocate of the Australian republic, meaning the severing of all ties with the British monarchy, and has written a draft preamble as an addition to the Australian Constitution. Several of his republican essays appear on the web site of the Australian Republican Movement.

1 Novels

• The Place at Whitton ( 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort)
• The Fear ( 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N), rewritten in (1989) as By the Line .
• Bring Larks and Heroes ( 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio), set in an unidentified BritishThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801). penal colonyA penal colony is a colony used to house prisoners. The British Empire's use of parts of Australia provides a classic example. Prisoners were sent far away to discourage escape (or even return after sentence-expiry), and to places otherwise inhospitable w.
• Three Cheers for the Paraclete ( 1968), comic novel of a doubting priest.
• The Survivor ( 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i), a survivor looks back on a disastrous ArcticThe Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland, and Norway (including Svalbard), as well as the Arctic Ocean. The 10°C (50°F) July isotherm is commonly used to define the borde expedition.
• A Dutiful Daughter ( 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua), Keneally's personal favorite.
• The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith ( 1972), also filmed. Written through the eyes of an exploited Aborigine who explodes in rage. Based on an actual incident. Keneally has said he would not now presume to write in the voice of an Aborigine, but would have written the story as seen by a white character.
• Blood Red, Sister Rose ( 1974), based on Joan of Arc.
• Gossip from the Forest ( 1975), tells of the negotiation of the armistice that ended World War I.
• Season in Purgatory ( 1976), love among Tito's partisans in World War II.
• Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees ( 1978), a book for children .
• A Victim of the Aurora ( 1978), a detective story set on an Antarctic expedition.
• Passenger ( 1979)
• Confederates ( 1979), with Stonewall Jackson's army.
• The Cut-Rate Kingdom ( 1980), Australia at war in 1942.
• Schindler's Ark ( 1982), winner of the Booker Prize, later retitled Schindler's List.
• A Family Madness ( 1985)
• The Playmaker ( 1987), prisoners perform a play in Australia 200 years ago.
• By the Line ( 1989), working-class families face World War II in Sydney.
• Towards Asmara ( 1989), the conflict in Eritrea.
• Flying Hero Class ( 1991), Palestinians hijack an airplane carrying an Aboriginal folk dance troupe.
• Woman of the Inner Sea ( 1993), Keneally retells a story once told him by a young woman that haunted his imagination.
• Jacko ( 1993), madness and television.
• A River Town ( 1995)
• Bettany's Book ( 2000)