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4 5 y separately published work icon Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo : Short Stories Alan Marshall , ( trans. Ernst Adler with title Erzahl uns doch vom Truthahn, John : Kurzgeschichten ) Berlin : Neues Leben , 1979 Z556128 1946 selected work short story
— Appears in: Razkazi Mi Za Pujkata, Dzo 1978;
4 5 y separately published work icon Whispering in the Wind Alan Marshall , ( trans. Ernst Adler with title Windgeflüster ) Berlin : Kinderbuchverlag , 1973 Z40701 1969 single work children's fiction children's fantasy 'A boy sets off on his horse with a stockwhip and a magic leaf to rescue a princess. The boy is aided in his quest by a kangaroo with a pouch full of all sorts of useful items.' - Paul Collins, ed. The MUP Encycopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1998)
2 13 y separately published work icon Seven Emus Xavier Herbert , ( trans. Ernst Adler with title Der vertauschte Traumstein : Roman ) Berlin : Verlag Volk und Welt , 1970 Z355497 1959 single work novel humour

'Bronco Jones, part-Aboriginal owner of Emu Station in the north of Western Australia, struggles against the machinations of a businessman and an anthropologist in this satirical portrait of anthropological exploitation of Aboriginal sacred sites.

'Seven Emus Station lies in the wild, red sandstone country back of the north-west port of Dampier. It is the prized property of Bronco Jones, his wife Possum and their bright, honey-coloured brood.

'The wealth of the property lures Appleby Gaunt, 'The Baron' who sweeps Bronco into a series of ruinous financial deals.

'Goborrow, a second-rate anthropologist, seizes the predicament as a means to boost his own credibility, with disastrous results for himself and 'The Baron'.

'An experimental novella, Seven Emus deals with issues of identity, ancestral fidelity and the misguided appropriation of cultural artefacts.'  (Publication summary)
3 y separately published work icon Black Diamonds Frank Hardy , ( trans. Ernst Adler with title Schwarze Diamanten : Schauspiel in drei Akten ) Berlin : Henschel , 1965 Z851758 1958 single work drama Dramatisation of a coal-miners' sit-in strike.
5 23 y separately published work icon Bobbin Up : A Novel Dorothy Hewett , ( trans. Ernst Adler with title Die Mädchen von Sydney ) Berlin : Verlag Volk und Welt , 1962 Z813008 1959 single work novel (taught in 7 units) A classic novel about urban working-class life in 1950s Australia, combining the shifting narrative viewpoint pioneered by Modernism with a relentless realist mode. The book abounds with portraits of working women, married and unmarried, middle-aged and young, zestful and tired. These varied existences form the collective hero of the novel whose social message has lost nothing of its urgency. (Source: Trove)
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