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Robyn Ferrell Robyn Ferrell i(A31177 works by) (a.k.a. Robyn Jan Ferrell)
Born: Established: 1960 Quairading, Quairading area, York - Brookton - Quairading area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Three Kinds of Loneliness Robyn Ferrell , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , August 2021;
— Review of Into the Loneliness : The Unholy Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates Eleanor Hogan , 2021 single work biography

'In the thirties, Ernestine Hill humped a swag from Broome to the Territory, and south to Port Augusta, writing travel features for southern newspapers. About the same time, Daisy Bates had been camped for a decade at the soak at Ooldea, studying Aboriginal people on the edge of the Nullarbor plain. Into the Loneliness is an engrossing portrait of these two women whose vocation led them to live unconventional nomadic lives.'  (Introduction)
1 Quairading 1960 Robyn Ferrell , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 1 2019; (p. 100-108) 'Quairading is a signifier, as is every birthplace. It is recorded in the passport that testifies to my citizenship in the global order. Place of birth/ place de naissance: QUAIRADING In the 21st century, your place of birth is not meant to define you. And yet. Geopolitics is ruthless even in the age of connectivity. Cultural imperialism is accentuated by the speed and dispatch with which culture is disseminated from the NEW YORK LONDON PARIS TOKYO complex. On the ground, Quairading is a place no-one’s heard of, a tiny town in the West Australian wheatbelt.' (Introduction)
1 Whitefella Worship Robyn Ferrell , 2013 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , 17 April no. 17 2013;
1 2 y separately published work icon The Real Desire Robyn Ferrell , Briar Hill : Indra Publishing , 2004 Z1149897 2004 selected work essay
1 The Kingdom of God Robyn Ferrell , 2002 single work prose
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 16 no. 2002; (p. 39-60)
1 Paris Does Not Exist Robyn Ferrell , 2001 single work essay
— Appears in: Paris Studio : Contemporary Writing by Fourteen Australian Authors Who Lived, for a While, in Paris 2001; (p. 135-141)
1 The Romance of the Sea Robyn Ferrell , 1998 single work prose biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 58 no. 1 1998; (p. 159-163)
1 Place Space and Identity Robyn Ferrell , 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , April vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 6-7)
1 Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down Robyn Ferrell , Philippa Hawker , 1990 single work prose
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , December-January vol. 2 no. 6 1990-1991; (p. 10)
1 7 y separately published work icon The Weather and Other Gods Robyn Ferrell , Balmain East : Frances Allen , 1990 Z299423 1990 single work novel humour

'Climate scientist Dr.Leo Wetherill is researching rainmaking in the Australian desert. But the conundrums of weather prediction turn out to be simple next to the perplexing personal discoveries of his own imaginative ecology.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wutheringink).
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