 Although historically only a small proportion of Australia's population have lived outside the major cities, many of Australia's most distinctive stories and legends originate in the outback, in the drovers and squatters and people of the barren, dusty plains.Contemporary works dealing with the migrant experience include Melina Marchetta's "Looking for Alibrandi" and Anh Do's memoir "The Happiest Refugee", which won the Indie Book of the Year Award for 2011 and tells the story of his experience as a Vietnamese refugee travelling to and growing up in Australia.David Unaipon is known as the first indigenous author.