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1 Of Education, the Bush and Other Strange Creatures : Environmental Conservation in Australian Fairy Tales Catherine Snell , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 43 2018;

'Fairy tales were late to appear in the Australian context but they quickly reflected contemporary concerns over the treatment of the native flora and fauna. Writers of early Australian fairy tales promoted the conservation of the Australian environment, educated children in the realities of living in the harsh Australian landscape and warned of the dangers that humans posed to the native animal population. This article posits that this movement in fairy tales was due to contemporary changes in curriculum and attitudes towards children’s education, and a growing sense of nationalism post-Federation in 1901 that tied the Australian identity to the landscape.' (Publication abstract)
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