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Author:agent Joan Phipson

Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 The Family Conspiracy

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The four Barker children each have a plan to raise money for their mother who is in hospital. The Barkers already face a financial crisis as drought menaces their farm. Things get out of hand, and resourcefulness and courage are needed to save the situation

The Barker children's plans to make money to help out when their mother has to have an operation, and drought threatens their isolated sheep station, lead to unforeseen adventures.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Illustrator: Margaret Horder

Publisher: Angus and Robertson ; Constable

Sydney, New South Wales,: London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Angus and Robertson ; Constable , 1962 .

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Extent: 188p.
Description: illus.
Reprinted: 1968
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & World

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Harcourt Brace & World , 1962 .

Extent: 224p.
Description: illus.
Reprinted: 1964 , 1966
Publisher: Kestrel

Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Kestrel , 1974 .

Extent: 188p.
Description: illus.

Series: Kestrel Books Penguin (publisher), series - publisher
Appears in:

y The Boundary Riders [and] The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1981 Z1336644 1981 selected work children's fiction Sydney : John Ferguson , 1981
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1981
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— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 97-107)

Untitled 1963 single work review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , January no. 15 1963; (p. 7)
— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction

First Prize Nancy Keesing , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 July vol. 85 no. 4352 1963; (p. 37-38)
— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction

Untitled 1963 single work review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , January no. 15 1963; (p. 7)
— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction