Awards
- 1980: The Age Book of the Year, joint winner for Homesickness with David Ireland's Woman of the Future
- 1980: National Book Council Award for Homesickness
- 1988: Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction for Holden's Performance
- 1998: ALS Gold Medal for Eucalyptus
- 1999: Miles Franklin Award for Eucalyptus
- 1999: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Eucalyptus
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