Australian memoir and biography

1.
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life 4.25 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
2.
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 29,487 ratings
3.
Kings in Grass Castles
Kings in Grass Castles 3.78 avg rating — 534 ratings
4.
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory 4.29 avg rating — 3,477 ratings
5.
We of the Never Never
We of the Never Never 3.66 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
6.
Her Father's Daughter
Her Father's Daughter 3.94 avg rating — 856 ratings
7.
Reckoning: A Memoir
Reckoning: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 6,849 ratings
7.
Unbreakable
Unbreakable 4.18 avg rating — 4,040 ratings
9.
Eggshell Skull
Eggshell Skull
by: Bri Lee
4.35 avg rating — 14,499 ratings
9.
Caddie, a Sydney barmaid: An autobiography
Caddie, a Sydney barmaid: An autobiography
by: Caddie
3.99 avg rating — 75 ratings
11.
The Hate Race
The Hate Race 4.30 avg rating — 3,628 ratings
12.
The Erratics
The Erratics 3.73 avg rating — 5,775 ratings
13.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 4.30 avg rating — 3,941 ratings
14.
Your Own Kind of Girl
Your Own Kind of Girl 4.12 avg rating — 7,651 ratings
15.
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music 4.62 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
16.
Growing Up African in Australia
Growing Up African in Australia 4.24 avg rating — 440 ratings
17.
The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent
The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent 3.89 avg rating — 169 ratings
18.
Growing Up Queer in Australia
Growing Up Queer in Australia 4.28 avg rating — 1,312 ratings
19.
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies 3.89 avg rating — 3,045 ratings
20.
The Lucy Family Alphabet
The Lucy Family Alphabet 3.86 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
21.
The Cattle King
The Cattle King 4.10 avg rating — 280 ratings
22.
My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating — 6,669 ratings
23.
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over 3.94 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
24.
One Hundred Years of Dirt
One Hundred Years of Dirt 4.06 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
24.
Night Fishing
Night Fishing 3.69 avg rating — 147 ratings
26.
I Can Jump Puddles
I Can Jump Puddles 3.91 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
27.
Jackson's Track : Memoir of a Dreamtime Place
Jackson's Track : Memoir of a Dreamtime Place 4.10 avg rating — 191 ratings
28.
Life As I Know It
Life As I Know It 4.12 avg rating — 382 ratings
29.
The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain 4.02 avg rating — 13,391 ratings
30.
True North: A Memoir
True North: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 1,574 ratings
30.
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Don't Take Your Love to Town 3.93 avg rating — 257 ratings
32.
The Letters of Rachel Henning
The Letters of Rachel Henning 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings
33.
My Home in Tasmania, during a residence of nine years [combining two volumes]
My Home in Tasmania, during a residence of nine years [combining two volumes] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
34.
If everyone cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker
If everyone cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
35.
Born to Run
Born to Run 3.93 avg rating — 200 ratings
36.
Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy's Son
Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy's Son 4.17 avg rating — 927 ratings
37.
Under the Wintamarra Tree
Under the Wintamarra Tree 4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings
38.
Unpolished Gem
Unpolished Gem 3.61 avg rating — 2,752 ratings
39.
My Story
My Story 3.63 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
40.
Small Bamboo: Growing Up and Growing Old With My Vietnamese Australian Family
Small Bamboo: Growing Up and Growing Old With My Vietnamese Australian Family
by: Tracy Vo
3.76 avg rating — 112 ratings
40.
A Certain Light: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Hope
A Certain Light: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Hope 3.96 avg rating — 109 ratings
42.
We Are Here
We Are Here 3.93 avg rating — 182 ratings
43.
The Happiest Refugee
The Happiest Refugee
by: Anh Do
4.24 avg rating — 17,440 ratings
44.
Brumbie Dust
Brumbie Dust it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
44.
Children of Change
Children of Change it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
44.
Son of Angela
Son of Angela it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
44.
So Far, So Good
So Far, So Good 4.06 avg rating — 64 ratings
48.
Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's
Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's
by: Jo Case
3.64 avg rating — 119 ratings
48.
A Creative Life: Illustrated Journal (Kathy Shell Studio, #1)
A Creative Life: Illustrated Journal (Kathy Shell Studio, #1)
by: Ryn Shell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
48.
Solidarity forever: A part story of the life and times of Percy Laidler - the first quarter of a century
Solidarity forever: A part story of the life and times of Percy Laidler - the first quarter of a century liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
51.
Julian Assange - The Unauthorised Autobiography
Julian Assange - The Unauthorised Autobiography 3.78 avg rating — 963 ratings
51.
Once I Was a Princess
Once I Was a Princess 3.94 avg rating — 787 ratings
51.
Surviving the Dole Years: The 1930S-A Personal Story
Surviving the Dole Years: The 1930S-A Personal Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
54.
Talking to My Country
Talking to My Country 4.40 avg rating — 4,116 ratings
54.
The Lady Bushranger : The life of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman
The Lady Bushranger : The life of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
54.
Beating About the Bush
Beating About the Bush 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
54.
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating — 8,679 ratings
54.
My Life as a Leyland Brother
My Life as a Leyland Brother 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
59.
Moondyne Joe: The Man and the Myth
Moondyne Joe: The Man and the Myth liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
59.
Too Long in the Bush
Too Long in the Bush 4.17 avg rating — 72 ratings
59.
Stillways: A Memoir
Stillways: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 128 ratings
59.
Cochin Connection: Two Against the Drug Trade - A True Story
Cochin Connection: Two Against the Drug Trade - A True Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
59.
Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour 3.39 avg rating — 583 ratings
64.
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse 3.90 avg rating — 230 ratings
64.
Wild Horse Diaries
Wild Horse Diaries 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
64.
The Bastard from the Bush
The Bastard from the Bush 3.45 avg rating — 38 ratings
64.
Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant: True Tales and Gossip from the Galley
Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant: True Tales and Gossip from the Galley 3.33 avg rating — 455 ratings
64.
Get Well Soon! My (un)Brilliant Career As A Nurse
Get Well Soon! My (un)Brilliant Career As A Nurse 3.68 avg rating — 442 ratings
64.
The Green Bell
The Green Bell 3.89 avg rating — 106 ratings
70.
Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella
Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella 4.43 avg rating — 1,779 ratings
70.
Bush Tracks and Desert Horizons
Bush Tracks and Desert Horizons it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
70.
The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story
The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
70.
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon 3.68 avg rating — 81 ratings
70.
Forged With Flames
Forged With Flames 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
70.
Workshy
Workshy 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings
76.
Bush bashers
Bush bashers 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
76.
White Coolies: A Graphic Record of Survival in World War Two
White Coolies: A Graphic Record of Survival in World War Two 4.34 avg rating — 189 ratings
76.
Ben Cousins: My Life Story
Ben Cousins: My Life Story 3.81 avg rating — 667 ratings
76.
Ride Like Hell and You'll Get There: Detours into Mayhem
Ride Like Hell and You'll Get There: Detours into Mayhem 3.80 avg rating — 200 ratings
76.
The Story of Billy Young
The Story of Billy Young 4.34 avg rating — 53 ratings
81.
Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia
Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia 3.93 avg rating — 198 ratings
81.
Songs of a War Boy
Songs of a War Boy 4.31 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
81.
Ajax the Warrior
Ajax the Warrior 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings
81.
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly 4.06 avg rating — 119 ratings
81.
Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback
Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
81.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
87.
Good Muslim Boy
Good Muslim Boy 4.17 avg rating — 644 ratings
87.
The Secret Art of Poisoning: The True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner
The Secret Art of Poisoning: The True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings
87.
My Mother, a Serial Killer
My Mother, a Serial Killer 3.54 avg rating — 2,301 ratings
87.
Beaten by a Blow
Beaten by a Blow 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
91.
I, Migrant: A Comedian's Journey From Karachi to the Outback
I, Migrant: A Comedian's Journey From Karachi to the Outback
by: Sami Shah
3.84 avg rating — 223 ratings
91.
Wakool Crossing: a modern-day investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman in 1916
Wakool Crossing: a modern-day investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman in 1916 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
91.
Back, After the Break
Back, After the Break 4.16 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
91.
Hack in a Flak Jacket
Hack in a Flak Jacket 3.87 avg rating — 154 ratings
95.
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse 4.29 avg rating — 722 ratings
95.
The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer
The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer 3.76 avg rating — 407 ratings
95.
The Feel-Good Hit of the Year
The Feel-Good Hit of the Year 3.65 avg rating — 423 ratings
98.
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1986
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1986 4.17 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
98.
Soldier Boy
Soldier Boy 3.22 avg rating — 315 ratings
98.
Journey Across Tibet: A Young Woman's Trek Across the Rooftop of the World
Journey Across Tibet: A Young Woman's Trek Across the Rooftop of the World 3.84 avg rating — 114 ratings
Next