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Set in Tasmania in the early 19th century the story describes the journey by four children searching for their parents and the rest of their tribe who were murdered by whites while the children were away from the camp.(Libraries Australia record).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1981 .
      Extent: viii, 107p.p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0140312773
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  • Also braille, sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Untitled Eve Pownall , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 47)
— Review of The Hills of the Black Cockatoo Pat Peatfield Price , 1981 single work children's fiction
Children's Books Margaret Dunkle , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 36 1981; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Melissa Woodruff Celia M. Syred , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Solomon's Child Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Little Tom Little Colin Thiele , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Hills of the Black Cockatoo Pat Peatfield Price , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Mountain Between Valerie Thompson , 1981 single work children's fiction
Children's Books Margaret Dunkle , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 36 1981; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Melissa Woodruff Celia M. Syred , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Solomon's Child Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Little Tom Little Colin Thiele , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Hills of the Black Cockatoo Pat Peatfield Price , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Mountain Between Valerie Thompson , 1981 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 47)
— Review of The Hills of the Black Cockatoo Pat Peatfield Price , 1981 single work children's fiction
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Last amended 7 Apr 2008 15:19:47
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  • Tasmania,
  • 1800-1899
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