You just can't make this stuff up:

 

Although it claims to represent an entire nation, nothing about this cover particularly says "Australia" to me.  Where are the kangaroos and Vegemite?  Shouldn't she be holding a boomerang?  How come the guy isn't wearing a hat with corks on it?

Would that Baz Luhrmann had only seen this novel before he started filming Australia.  But, he's probably better off not having to budget several tankerloads of corn oil and Coppertone QT for the male lead.