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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... no. 419 March 2020 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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* Contents derived from the , 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
[Review] True History of the Kelly Gang, Jordan Prosser , single work review
— Review of True History of the Kelly Gang Shaun Grant , 2018 single work film/TV ;

'So opens Ned Kelly’s personal journal, addressed to his future daughter. The irony of this heartfelt promise, of course, is that Kelly never kept a journal. Even his unborn child and her mother are inventions of Peter Carey, author of the much-acclaimed True History of the Kelly Gang (2000). The ‘truth’ in the title of his work, and now in the new adaptation directed by Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel – Snowtown (2011), Macbeth (2015) – is a deliberate provocation. It dares the reader (or in this case, the viewer) to take umbrage with any of the fanciful details contained therein.'

 (p. 62-63)
The Australian Musical from the Beginning by Peter Pinne and Peter Wyllie Johnston, Gillian Wills , single work review
— Review of The Australian Musical : From the Beginning Peter Pinne , Peter Wyllie Johnston , 2019 multi chapter work criticism ;
'What is the musical’s appeal? Performing arts venues in Australia’s capital cities stage them year after year; a lucrative box office seems to be virtually guaranteed. The feel-good mix of song, melodrama, and vibrant dance – not forgetting the bonus of a happy ending – can lift the spirits and entertain the entire family. Recently, Chicago (Melbourne, Brisbane), West Side Story, and Billy Elliot (Adelaide) secured packed houses.' (Introduction)
 (p. 67)
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