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Australian artists and performers

Visual arts
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
Emily Kngwarreye Ken Thaiday Rover Thomas
Non-indigenous artists
Arthur Boyd Sir William Dobell Ken Done Pro Hart Robert Hughes Sidney Nolan Leslie Petty Brett Whitely
Immigrant artists
Olegas Truchanas Sali Herman Imants Tillers
Art Critic
Robert Hughes

Performing arts
Australian dance
Major companies	Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company
Choreographers, dancers	Stephen Page, Lucy Guerin, Gideon Obarzanek
Orchestras
8 professional orchestras	Australia's symphony orchestras Australian Chamber Orchestra Australian Art Orchestra
Opera
Opera Australia, the national company Dame Nellie Melba Dame Joan Sutherland Deborah Riedel Lisa Gasteen Yvonne Kenny
Musicians
Virtuoso guitarist	Slava Grigoryan
Violinist	Richard Tognetti
Pianists	Roger Woodward, Geoffrey Tozer
Conductor	Simone Young
Composers	Percy Grainger, Larry Sitsky, Peter Sculthorpe, Richard Meale, Ross Edwards
Contemporary Australian rock music
Christine Anu Kylie Minogue Natalie Imbruglia Regurgitator Savage Garden Silverchair The Whitlams Yothu Yindi

Literature
International prizes
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1973	Patrick White
Booker Prize	Thomas Keneally Peter Carey
Petrarch Prize for poetry	Les Murray
International bestsellers
Bryce Courtenay Germaine Greer Colleen McCullough Morris West
Prose
Helen Garner David Malouf Elizabeth Jolley Archie Weller Tim Winton Kate Grenville Janette Turner Hospital
Poetry
B. ('Banjo') Paterson A. D. Hope Judith Wright Bruce Dawe Geoff Page
Indigenous and immigrant authors
Oodgeroo Noonuccal Sally Morgan Brian Castro Fotini Epanomitis Beth Yahp

Cinema
Recent Academy Awards
Shine (1996) Babe (1995) Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) The Piano (1993) Plus numerous Academy Awards nominations for Australian films and actors
Film-makers
Bruce Beresford Baz Luhrmann Peter Weir
Actors
Cate Blanchett Russel Crowe Judy Davis Mel Gibson Nicole Kidman Deborah Mailman Geoffrey Rush
Cinematography
Dean Semmler American studio films, such as The Matrix and Mission: Impossible 2, and the larger Australian productions now use state-of-the-art local studio complexes in Australia. The Crocodile Dundee movie series featuring Paul Hogan was popular with worldwide audiences for its portrayal of perceptions about Australia's national identity.