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A children's book based on an imagined 'lost civilisation' in early Australia. Norman Tindale was an ethnologist at the South Australian Museum, which led to early reviews claiming (inaccurately) that the work had scientific accuracy.
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- y Norman Tindale Interviewed by Hazel de Berg Hazel de Berg (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1960 18412348 1960 single work interview 'Tindale speaks about how his book "The first walkabout" was written.' (Trove)
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Untitled
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 21 no. 4 1955; (p. 45)
— Review of The First Walkabout 1954 single work children's fiction -
Tales by Australian Writers
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 36497 1954; (p. 12)
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Untitled
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 21 no. 4 1955; (p. 45)
— Review of The First Walkabout 1954 single work children's fiction - y Norman Tindale Interviewed by Hazel de Berg Hazel de Berg (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1960 18412348 1960 single work interview 'Tindale speaks about how his book "The first walkabout" was written.' (Trove)
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Tales by Australian Writers
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 36497 1954; (p. 12)
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- Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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