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Nan Chauncy Nan Chauncy i(A30675 works by) (birth name: Nancen Beryl Masterman) (a.k.a. Nan Rosenfeld)
Born: Established: 28 May 1900 Northwood, Middlesex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1 May 1970 Bagdad, Southern Midlands, Midlands, Tasmania,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1912
Heritage: English
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1 y separately published work icon Tiger in the Bush [and] Tangara Nan Chauncy , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1982 Z987156 1982 selected work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon The Lighthouse Keeper's Son Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1969 Z836832 1969 single work children's fiction children's Living in a lighthouse is an isolated and frequently dangerous life but, after his father tries pineapple farming, Chessy Trent is certain he would much prefer being a lighthouse keeper's son.
1 2 y separately published work icon Lizzie Lights Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1968 Z831760 1968 single work children's fiction children's
4 1 y separately published work icon Mathinna's People Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1967 Z39740 1967 single work children's fiction children's A fictional reconstruction of the tragic fate of the Toogee people, Aborigines of western Tasmania, after the arrival of Europeans.
1 y separately published work icon Panic at the Garage Nan Chauncy , Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd , 1965 Z1568123 1965 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Skewbald Pony Nan Chauncy , London : Nelson , 1965 Z836889 1965 single work children's fiction children's Carrie lives on a sheep farm and as soon as there is a good season after the rain her parents want her to go to boarding school to make friends. Carrie just wants a skewbald pony, or at least that is what she thinks she wants before Chark comes along.
2 1 y separately published work icon High and Haunted Island Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1964 Z836730 1964 single work children's fiction children's adventure Two schoolgirls are stranded on the rocky shore of Port Davey, off the Tasmanian coast, in wartime.
3 y separately published work icon The Roaring 40 Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1963 Z836733 1963 single work children's fiction children's adventure A hunt for gold in the remote Port Davey area of south-west Tasmania leads to the discovery of a wild-haired boy, and a mystery.
1 Farewell, Rewards and Fairies? Nan Chauncy , 1962 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 6 no. 2 1962; (p. 61-63)
2 y separately published work icon Half a World Away Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1962 Z836736 1962 single work children's fiction children's A family leaves its comfortable world in Kent in 1911 to become pioneers in Tasmania.
6 8 y separately published work icon Tangara Tangara : 'Let Us Set Off Again' Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1960 Z39640 1960 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Tiger in the Bush [and] Tangara 1982;

'Sometimes when Lexie fingered a string of shells she had been given as a little girl, she felt strange memories stir. It was as if something very precious was buried away in her own mind. Great-great Aunt Rita's old shell necklace carries a power that Lexie can't possibly know. Then, when it leads her to a new friend, she and Merrina enter the secret gully where Merrina's people live.But the gully holds a terrible secret, as old as the necklace itself. Will Lexie be strong enough, as she relives the nightmare her Aunt Rita endured?This deeply moving classic by one of our great children's writers is part fantasy, part history, and one hundred percent masterpiece.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (UQP reprint).
3 5 y separately published work icon Devil's Hill Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1958 Z39529 1958 single work children's fiction children's
7 8 y separately published work icon Tiger in the Bush Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1957 Z15077 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography children's
— Appears in: Tiger in the Bush [and] Tangara 1982;

A Tasmanian boy reveals the habitat of the almost extinct Tasmanian tiger to someone who may want to capture it, and now he must find a way to protect the animal.
2 1 y separately published work icon A Fortune for the Brave Nan Chauncy , London Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1954 Z836784 1954 single work children's fiction children's adventure Orphan Huon Trivett inherits a remote island off the east coast of Tasmania, which holds 'a fortune for the brave'.
2 y separately published work icon World's End was Home Nan Chauncy , London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press , 1952 Z830915 1952 single work children's fiction children's When her father is killed, Dallie is caught up in a struggle for her custody between her working class grandmother who takes her to live on her subsistence farm in Tasmania and her uncaring aunt who wants Dallie only for the money she will inherit.
2 9 y separately published work icon They Found a Cave Nan Chauncy , London : Oxford University Press , 1948 Z831517 1948 single work children's fiction children's adventure

'Four English orphans—Cherry, Nigel, Brick and Nippy—migrate to Tasmania, to the care of their Aunt Jandie on her farm outside Hobart. Their arrival is greeted with enthusiasm by young farm boy Tas, and weeks of exploration and good times follow before Aunt Jandie goes to hospital, leaving the children in the care of Ma and Pa Pinner, her foreman and housekeeper.

'A few days of tyrannical treatment by the Pinners forces the children to seek refuge in a secret cave, where they set up home to await the return of Jandie. Despite Pa’s repeated efforts to recapture them, the children stay, fending for themselves in the bush, until Nigel’s secret trip to town uncovers a plot by the Pinners to abandon the farm and swindle Aunt Jandie.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)
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