Hail and Farewell! An evocation of Gippsland  non-fiction, 1971
Who could love the nightingale?  novel, 1973
Four faces, wobbly mirror  novel, 1976
At the window  novella, 1984
The garden gate  novel, 1984
Mapping the paddocks  non-fiction, 1985
Play together, dark blue twenty  non-fiction, 1986
House of trees  reissue of Hail and Farewell! 1987
Victoria Challis  novel, 1991
House of music  stories, 1996
Wainwrights’ mountain  novel, 1997
Waking into dream  novel, 1998
didgeridoo  stories, 1999
Janus  travel pieces, 2001
The Centre and other essays  essays, 2002
Love in the Age of Wings and other operas  librettos, 2003
Melba: an Australian city  essays, 2004
The Wainwright Operas  librettos, 2005
Oztralia  essays, 2005
Cloud of knowing  novel, 2006
Benedictus  essays, 2006
Central Station Sydney  librettos, 2006
O Vos Omnes  libretto, 2007
The Sun King & other operas  librettos, 2007
The Well in the Shadow literary essays, 2008
All the Way to Z  essay/memoir, 2009
This Enchanted World & other operas  librettos, 2009
Running The Race  novel, 2010
A Mob Of Galahs and other operas librettos (2011)

Escape  story, 2004
Hallucination before departure  memoir, 2006
Mozart  memoir, 2007
Travers  memoir, 2007
So bitter was my heart  memoir, 2008
Keep going!  memoir, 2008
Who?  memoir, 2008
At Baldy’s feet  memoir, 2008
The Saints in Glory  story, 1991/2009
Othello’s Rage  memoir, 2009
One Small Step  memoir, 2011
Castle Hill  memoir, 2011
Chartres  memoir, 2011
The Plains  memoir, 2011
Four Last Songs  memoir, 2011
The Camera Sees ...  reflection, 2011
Freedom  reflection, 2012
Men In White  reflection, 2012