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First known date:
1979...
1979
Once There Was a Swagman
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'During the Depression in Australia an old swagman, Mr Brodie, stays at the Truelance farm for a while and is befriended by nine-year-old Teddy.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Swaggies and Maggies
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 December 1981;
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Survey
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird 1981 single work picture book ; Terri 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : An Exciting Science Fiction Adventure 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum 1981 single work children's fiction -
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157) -
Why There Was a Swagman
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 76 1980; (p. 9-10) -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 74 1980; (p. 28)
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction
-
Children's Book Survey
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird 1981 single work picture book ; Terri 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : An Exciting Science Fiction Adventure 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum 1981 single work children's fiction -
Swaggies and Maggies
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 December 1981;
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 74 1980; (p. 28)
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction -
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157) -
Why There Was a Swagman
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 76 1980; (p. 9-10)
Awards
- 1980 highly commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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