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Roger McDonald

Roger McDonald was born at Lambing Flat (now Young), New South Wales, and educated at country schools and in Sydney. He is the author of many novels dealing with many aspects of the Australian experience, including the prizewinning 1915 and Mr Darwin’s Shooter. His account of travelling through the outback with a team of New Zealand shearers, Shearers’ Motel, was awarded the 1993 National Book Award for non-fiction.

Awards

Winner, National Book Award for Non Fiction, 1993

Books available from Fremantle Press

Other Books by this Author

  • Mr Darwin’s Shooter
  • Shearer’s Motel

From the Catalogue

Jazz Tango

by Tracy Ryan

Wilderness Society Award

Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things