So, a few weeks ago we bamboozled a fair few bookworms with 20 pub quiz literary questions; this time ArtsHub is narrowing its focus to presenting literary questions specifically about OzLit, so let’s see how you go this time round!
3. Which of the following descriptions of Australia is not expressed in Dorothea Mackellar’s poem ‘My Country’? a) Land of the Rainbow Gold b) land of sweeping plains c) endless, roaming land d) wilful, lavish land
Thuy On is the former Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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