And we want your help: Who are the quiet Australians doing interesting things that you think the world should know about? Is there someone you know — like this Tasmanian oyster farmer who is writing a children’s book a day for his daughter — who may be invisible to the mainstream but who is staunchly marching to the beat of their own drum? Write to me at nytaustralia@nytimes.com.

Hannah Gadsby

“There does have to be a revolution of form in order to accommodate different voices. Because stand-up in the form it exists — stand-up punch line — that’s a form that was set up by men for men.”

Hannah Gadsby, the stand-up comedian from Tasmania, was not expecting her show “Nanette,” in which she declared she was quitting comedy, to become a global sensation. But after it hit Netflix, it did, setting off existential arguments about the definition of comedy. Now, she’s in the midst of a second show, “Douglas.”

Read about her here.

Gerald Murnane

“I think you can probably see that I’m sane, but I say and believe things that insane people believe. I don’t believe in a personal God, but I believe in the survival of the soul.”

There’s a strong case that Gerald Murnane is the greatest living English-language writer most people haven’t heard of. But rather than rubbing shoulders with the literati, he is tending bar in Goroke, a small town five hours from Melbourne.