AustLit logo

AustLit

Hamilton Children's Hamilton Children's i(A55112 works by) (Organisation) assertion
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 2 y separately published work icon What's in the Red Bag Edel Wignell , London : Hamilton Children's , 1988 Z829603 1988 single work children's fiction children's This work was developed from a 1986 television serial. Amy's attempt to take her cat on a holiday is foiled, but Liz is able to smuggle her dog into the caravan park. (The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature ed. Stella Lees and Pam MacIntyre (1993): 447).
1 8 y separately published work icon Deepwater Judith O'Neill , London : Hamilton Children's , 1987 Z551937 1987 single work novel young adult historical fiction

'When Char's older brother goes to war, it is her responsibility to take on his job as farm assistant to their father. With the men away at war, many women are filling the positions which had previously been in male-dominated areas.

'Another example of this is Miss Playfair, who arrives from the city as the first female to teach at the local Kanyul school. Her arrival coincides with, and in many ways contributes to, the prevailing disruption in the formerly close-knit community.

'Char discovers that in war time, there are not only the natural disasters of drought and shortage to contend with. There are also personal hatreds and prejudices which sweep through the community, overriding the coherence and cooperation the war should bring to the lives of her people.

'Deepwater is a moving account of the experience of war for those at home, through the eyes of a young girl.'

Source:

'Australian and Special' [review], The Canberra Times, 23 July 1989, p.33.
1 1 y separately published work icon Panda and the Bushfire Michael Foreman , Michael Foreman (illustrator), London : Hamilton Children's , 1986 Z1016646 1986 single work picture book children's
X