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A sixteen-year-old Western Australian boy mysteriously disappears after he discovers valuable relics in the remains of a seventeen-century shipwreck.
Reading Australia
This work has Reading Australia teaching resources.
Unit Suitable For
AC: Year 9 (NSW Stage 5)
Themes
Aboriginality, Australia, Australian identity, History, identity, isolation, media, personality disorder, racism
General Capabilities
Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Information and communication technology, Intercultural understanding, Literacy, Personal and social
Cross-curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Teaching Resources
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Interviews with 10 Australian Authors
Tom Tilley
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
ABC Splash
,
2018
16600399
2018
website
interview
film/TV
'Meet ten of Australia's literary greats. Tom Tilley speaks with writers such as David Malouf, Nadia Wheatley and Michael Gow about their works, their inspirations and their lives as writers.'
Source: Introduction.
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'Changed as to a Tiger' : Considering the Wreck of the Batavia
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 149-156)'Jeronimus Cornelisz had spent two days alone on the Batavia as the waves and the coral joined forces to rip apart the hull. Like most sailors and passengers on seventeenth-century ships, he could not swim. Here, Titlestad discusses the Batavia wreck and Cornelisz's transformation.' (Publication abstract)
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[Essay] : Strange Objects
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;'The wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia on the coast of Western Australia in 1629 has been a source of inspiration for many Australian writers. Its story of mutiny, wreck, murder, rape, barbarism, and subsequent rescue and justice is both horrible and fascinating, combining as it does the worst of human nature with a challenge to the ‘received’ history of European exploration of Australia.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Strange Objects
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , 12 April no. 217 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Strange Objects 1990 single work novel -
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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[Review] Strange Objects
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 5 no. 5 1990; (p. 34)
— Review of Strange Objects 1990 single work novel -
[Review] Strange Objects
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , 12 April no. 217 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Strange Objects 1990 single work novel -
Kids Don't Need More Old Hat
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 July 1991; (p. 4)
— Review of Hector and Maggie 1990 single work picture book ; Magic Beach 1990 single work picture book ; Strange Objects 1990 single work novel ; The Farseekers 1990 single work novel ; Captain Deadlight's Treasure 1990 single work children's fiction ; Jeremy's Tail : A Story 1990 single work picture book ; Hero 1990 single work novel ; First at Last : And Other Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction ; Greetings from Sandy Beach 1990 single work picture book ; Speaking to Miranda 1990 single work novel ; Boris and Borsch 1990 single work picture book -
Four Titles for the Younger Market
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 October 1990; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Al Capsella and the Watchdogs 1990 single work novel ; Strange Objects 1990 single work novel -
Complex Challenges
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1990-1991) no. 127 1990; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Nights with Grace 1990 single work novel ; Strange Objects 1990 single work novel -
Strange Objects
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 3 1991; (p. 11-12) Crew indicates the various strands which were important to him in the writing of Strange Objects including the representation of 'the other' and a re-assessing of first contact. Crew describes his work as 'a novel of colonial discourse intended to challenge the reader to examine what has happened in our past ...'. -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards, 1991 Acceptance Speeches : Gary Crew
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 4-5) -
Ideas Behind the Writing of the Creative Nonfiction Novel Strange Objects
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , April no. 1 2000; -
Finding a Place
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 6-7) -
Changing Perspectives : The Implied Reader in Australian Children's Literature 1841-1994
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , March vol. 26 no. 1 1995; (p. 25-38)
Awards
- 1991 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 1991 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- 1991 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature
- 1991 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards — Children's Book Award
- Western Australia,
- Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Dongara - Geraldton - Northampton area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1980s
- 1620s