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Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia
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form y separately published work icon The Irishman Donald Crombie , ( dir. Donald Crombie ) Adelaide : Forest Home Films , 1978 Z1312357 1978 single work film/TV Adapted from the novel of the same name by Elizabeth O'Connor, The Irishman is set in North Queensland in the 1920s and tells the story of a family experiencing events that they cannot control. Paddy Doolan is a proud Irish-Australian teamster who refuses to give into the threat of motorised transport. At opposite ends are his two sons: Will, who opposes his father, and Michael, who vows to support his father to the end.

Notes

  • Dedication: To my husband and to my father.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Der Sohn des Iren : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ehrenwirth ,       1984 .
      Extent: 339p.
      ISBN: 3431026540
    • Frankfurt am Main,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ullstein ,       1986 .
      Extent: 339p.
      ISBN: 3548207189
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  • Also braille, sound recording, large print.
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y separately published work icon The Irishman Elizabeth O'Conner , Lesley Zuber (editor), West Melbourne : Nelson , 1979 Z1312376 1979 single work children's fiction children's
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Works about this Work

Period Features, Heritage Cinema : Region, Gender and Race in The Irishman Allison Craven , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 31-42) 'The Irishman (Crombie 1978) has long been regarded as typical of the Australian period film genre of the late 1970s, which is said to collectively exhibit the Australian Film Commission's influences on national culture. In this article, The Irishman is seen as a 'heritage' film for the way locations and authentic sets and decor are featured, and for the nostalgic performances of gender and race. Regional influences on the genesis and production of The Irishman in North Queensland are also considered, and its adaptation from the novel, The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia (Elizabeth O'Conner 1960). Heritage, it is argued, can be seen as a cinematic mode in which regional and national elements of production are synthesized. Heritage also offers a framework through which to view other Australian period films, including Australia (Luhrmann 2008), which was also shot partly in North Queensland locations.' (Author's abstract)
Untitled John R. Horne , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2007; (p. 2)
Gender and Race Relations in Elizabeth O'Conner's Northern Homesteads Cheryl M. Taylor , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 20-31) This article examines Elizabeth O'Conner's seven books, published between 1958 and 1980, as works which functioned ideologically to implement a desire in post-World War II Australia to reformulate and reaffirm the conservative values of the frontier era. Used as exemplifications of national discourses in their era, O'Conner's books focus on representations of the homestead and reveal a number of common parameters, such as hierarchical middle-class structures, concentration on the solidity of marriage and on feminised, domesticated spaces contextualised within an outdoor masculine world of work, and an assumption of Aboriginal inferiority. Thus homesteads in these popular books serve as sites for preserving class and racial distinctions.
Untitled James Alston , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21 - 22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel
Fiction Chronicle Harry Payne Heseltine , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 20 no. 4 1961; (p. 474-491)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel ; The Driven Donald Stuart , 1961 single work novel
Untitled 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 19 November 1960; (p. 4)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel
Untitled James Alston , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21 - 22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel
Walkabout Novels 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 November vol. 81 no. 4215 1960; (p. 58)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel
Untitled Fairlie Apperly , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21-22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel
Fiction Chronicle Harry Payne Heseltine , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 20 no. 4 1961; (p. 474-491)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia Elizabeth O'Conner , 1960 single work novel ; The Driven Donald Stuart , 1961 single work novel
Gender and Race Relations in Elizabeth O'Conner's Northern Homesteads Cheryl M. Taylor , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 20-31) This article examines Elizabeth O'Conner's seven books, published between 1958 and 1980, as works which functioned ideologically to implement a desire in post-World War II Australia to reformulate and reaffirm the conservative values of the frontier era. Used as exemplifications of national discourses in their era, O'Conner's books focus on representations of the homestead and reveal a number of common parameters, such as hierarchical middle-class structures, concentration on the solidity of marriage and on feminised, domesticated spaces contextualised within an outdoor masculine world of work, and an assumption of Aboriginal inferiority. Thus homesteads in these popular books serve as sites for preserving class and racial distinctions.
Untitled John R. Horne , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2007; (p. 2)
Period Features, Heritage Cinema : Region, Gender and Race in The Irishman Allison Craven , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 31-42) 'The Irishman (Crombie 1978) has long been regarded as typical of the Australian period film genre of the late 1970s, which is said to collectively exhibit the Australian Film Commission's influences on national culture. In this article, The Irishman is seen as a 'heritage' film for the way locations and authentic sets and decor are featured, and for the nostalgic performances of gender and race. Regional influences on the genesis and production of The Irishman in North Queensland are also considered, and its adaptation from the novel, The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia (Elizabeth O'Conner 1960). Heritage, it is argued, can be seen as a cinematic mode in which regional and national elements of production are synthesized. Heritage also offers a framework through which to view other Australian period films, including Australia (Luhrmann 2008), which was also shot partly in North Queensland locations.' (Author's abstract)
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Subjects:
  • Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
  • Northern Territory,
Settings:
  • 1920s
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