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y separately published work icon The Binna Binna Man single work   novel   young adult  
Is part of Girragundji Trilogy Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1998 series - author children's fiction novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Binna Binna Man
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'The powerful story of an Aboriginal teenage boy who is caught between the attractions of city life and the ways of his people. After a terrifying encounter with the Binna Binna man he knows what he must do in order to be true to himself.' Source: Libraries Australia.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 91p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 1865080713, 9781865080710
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  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Making Sense of 'Their' Sense of Place : Australian Children's Literature Landscape on Indigenous Land Brooke Collins-Gearing , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Children's Literature , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 27-37)

Collins-Gearing examines how representations of Indigenality, Indigenous people and life in Australian children's literature have been constructed by non-indigenous authors to accommodate a white sense of place and community, often to the exclusion of indigenous child readers.
The Two of Us Meme McDonald , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2005; (p. 7)
Multiple Voices and Reconciliation : Code Switching in Young Adult Text about Indigenous Australians John Murray , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: CREArTA : Journal of the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts. , Southern Winter vol. 2 no. 1 2001; (p. 49-60)
[Review] The Binna Binna Man Alison Lawrence , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 41)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
[Review] The Binna Binna Man Judithe Hall , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
[Review] The Binna Binna Man Judithe Hall , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
[Review] The Binna Binna Man Jo Goodman , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 35)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
[Review] The Binna Binna Man Alison Lawrence , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 41)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : A Biography Frances De Groen , 1998 single work biography ; The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
Generation Next Pam Macintyre , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , October vol. 4 no. 9 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of The Binna Binna Man Meme McDonald , Boori Pryor , 1999 single work novel
The Two of Us Meme McDonald , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2005; (p. 7)
Aboriginal Book Floors Competition Angela Bennie , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 May 2000; (p. 5)
Pryor, McDonald Share NSW Literary Award 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 31 May no. 227 2000; (p. 34)
Multiple Voices and Reconciliation : Code Switching in Young Adult Text about Indigenous Australians John Murray , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: CREArTA : Journal of the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts. , Southern Winter vol. 2 no. 1 2001; (p. 49-60)
Making Sense of 'Their' Sense of Place : Australian Children's Literature Landscape on Indigenous Land Brooke Collins-Gearing , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Children's Literature , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 27-37)

Collins-Gearing examines how representations of Indigenality, Indigenous people and life in Australian children's literature have been constructed by non-indigenous authors to accommodate a white sense of place and community, often to the exclusion of indigenous child readers.
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Awards

2000 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year
2000 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award
2000 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature
winner National Library of Australia National Audio Book-of-the-Year Award — TDK Australian Audio Book Awards — Author/Narrator
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