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y separately published work icon Moon-Dark single work   novel   young adult  
Alternative title: Moondark
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Moon-Dark
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'From the ancient land of Australia comes this story of a wild community: kangaroos, bush rats, bandicoots, goanna, possums, flying foxes - and the fisherman's dog, Blue. A new settlement brings new strains to the human and the wild communities. The settlers become defensive, and war breaks out between bush rats and bandicoots. Only the worried Ranger, whose territory this is, understands the problem; but only the animals, helped by an ancient magic of the country, can solve it." (Source: Book Jacket)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Melbourne, Victoria,: Hutchinson ,
      1987 .
      Extent: 146p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0091725593
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      McElderry Books ,
      1988 .
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      Extent: 169p.
      ISBN: 0689504519
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Hutchinson , 1989 .
      Extent: 146p.
      ISBN: 0091696011
Alternative title: Manmorker
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
      c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Sjostrands ,
      1989 .
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      Extent: 158p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9175742098

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Works about this Work

Patricia Wrightson : 'Spirits in Their Own Land' John Foster , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 227-235)
Patricia Wrightson's 'Wirrun': A Modern Aboriginal Mythic Hero John Gough , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 140-144)
Untitled M. Jill Gamble , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 11)

— Review of Moon-Dark Patricia Wrightson , 1987 single work novel
Untitled M. Jill Gamble , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 11)

— Review of Moon-Dark Patricia Wrightson , 1987 single work novel
Patricia Wrightson : 'Spirits in Their Own Land' John Foster , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 227-235)
Patricia Wrightson's 'Wirrun': A Modern Aboriginal Mythic Hero John Gough , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 140-144)
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