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Patricia Pengilley Patricia Pengilley i(A11012 works by) (a.k.a. Pat Pengilley; P. P.)
Born: Established: 1926
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1947
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Tiger and the Kangaroo Went to Sea : On Becoming an Australian : Autobiographical Patricia Pengilley , Blackburn : PenFolk Publishing , 1999 Z935411 1999 single work autobiography 'Patricia Pengilley...takes us with her, in this autobiographical journey, on an exploration of identity and self knowledge.' (Back cover)
1 y separately published work icon Kite with Severed String Patricia Pengilley , Blackburn South : Patricia Pengilley , 1996 Z935406 1996 single work novel 'In 1932, the five year old Patsy and her Indian nanny are sent, from a volatile riot-prone Bengal city in the North of India, to the peaceful Nilgiri Hills in the south. They are to live with Patsy's grandmother, widow of a retired army officer. Grandmother believed Jane Austen could have lived comfortably in Ooty Town, with its English churches, cottage gardens and Assembly Hall. Unexpectectly, from the jungle, primitive, mystic forces are unleashed. In the midst of confusion, a child discovers a world of enchantment and a Dancing God. Patsy grows up, migrates to Australia. On the death of her Australian husband she is impelled to return to the Nilgiris and discovers life with Grandmother, a tiger, a Dancing God, a loving nanny and a aristocratic Indian 'Butler' was not entirely what it had seemed...' (Source: back cover)
1 Reflections in a Rock Pool i "A forest grows in the bottom of the pool", Patricia Pengilley , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Autumn vol. 5 no. 3 1995; (p. 17)
1 Autumn and Moses in My Garden i "He saw that the bush was burning,", Patricia Pengilley , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Autumn-Winter vol. 3 no. 3-4 1993; (p. 7)
1 To Ancient Forests i "Helen", Patricia Pengilley , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 3 no. 1 1992; (p. 18)
1 Jungle Camp in Thailand i "In the Darkroom of Night, sounds are the perimeters of space.", Patricia Pengilley , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Summer vol. 3 no. 2 1992-1993; (p. 20)
1 9 y separately published work icon Midnight Voices Patricia Pengilley , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z460733 1992 selected work short story mystery 'When Aunt Kitty rings at midnight to propose a family anthology, Alice is intrigued. Her wild cousin Sally has always hinted at unrevealed secrets, and this offers a chance to break the conspiracy of silence concerning the family's Indian past. The chain-of-voices mystery that Alice uncovers stretches from the time of the British Raj to the postcolonial era and contemporary Australia. But what exactly is being investigated?...The story of a family caught between two worlds, Midnight Voices is at once a deft reworking of many of the myths about Anglo-Indians and a moving denunciation of racial hypocrisy.' (Source: bookcover)
1 y separately published work icon Landscapes Janet Paisley , Patricia Pengilley , Victoria : Action Press , 1990-1999 Z1386442 1990-1999 selected work poetry
1 The Case of the Vanishing Princess : Sally's Tale Patricia Pengilley , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Beyond the Echo : Multicultural Women's Writing 1988; (p. 107-115) Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991; (p. 8-14) Midnight Voices 1992; (p. [132]-139)
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