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'The year is 1875 and Thomas Elder of Beltana Station fits out explorer Ernest Giles' expedition to find a way across the desert. This story is told by Emmeline Elder's daughter and Taj an Afghan boy whose camel is thought too young and inexperienced to join the expedition until it saves the lives of Emmeline and Taj.' (Source: QUT Library Catalogue)
Notes
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This work, like Hawke and Ingpen's Mustara, features the characters of Taj, Emmeline, and Mustara the camel.
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
- Wildlife
Food types n/a Food practices n/a Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Historical
Setting n/a Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - Non-Anglo characters
- Migrant story
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains an Afghan character.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Mustara
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 21 no. 2 2006; (p. 32)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 2 2006; (p. 82)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 47)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
The Art of Communication
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 283 2006; (p. 62-64)
— Review of Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; The Wrong Thing 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Pip and the Convict 2005 single work picture book ; The Boy Who Built the Boat 2006 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book ; The Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star 2006 single work picture book ; Mustara 2006 single work picture book ; My Home in Kakadu 2005 single work picture book ; When Elephants Lived in the Sea 2006 single work picture book ; Home 2006 single work picture book -
Book Briefs
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 March 2006; (p. 7)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book
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Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 March 2006; (p. 17)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
This Weeks' Selections
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 March 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
Book Briefs
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 March 2006; (p. 7)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book -
The Art of Communication
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 283 2006; (p. 62-64)
— Review of Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; The Wrong Thing 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Pip and the Convict 2005 single work picture book ; The Boy Who Built the Boat 2006 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book ; The Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star 2006 single work picture book ; Mustara 2006 single work picture book ; My Home in Kakadu 2005 single work picture book ; When Elephants Lived in the Sea 2006 single work picture book ; Home 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 47)
— Review of Mustara 2006 single work picture book
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