The Shiralee
Between 1949 and 1952, Niland won many prizes for his short stories and novels and, three years later, achieved international fame with the novel "The Shiralee". This was followed by "Call Me When the Cross Turns Over" (1957) and four more novels. He also wrote radio and television plays, and hundreds of short stories, some of which were collected and published in four volumes from 1961 to 1966.