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First known date: 1977 Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 The Book of Wirrun
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y separately published work icon The Ice Is Coming Patricia Wrightson , Richmond : Hutchinson Australia , 1977 Z862397 1977 single work novel young adult 'Wirrun was a man of the People, the Aborigines of Australia. He was young and educated in the ways of the whites. But when the mountain cried for help, he heard. For the Ninya, the ancient ice-spirits, were seeking to bring a new ice age to the land down under. Together with the Mimi, a rock-spirit from far away, he set out to find the Eldest Nargun, a creature of living rock that had defeated the Ninya in the long-gone past. And with the Power given him by a hero-spirit, he could see and command all the ancient earth-spirits. But the way was long and hard--and the Eldest Nargun was not what he expected.' (Source: Bookseller's website)
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y separately published work icon The Dark Bright Water Patricia Wrightson , Richmond : Hutchinson Australia , 1978 Z515710 1978 single work novel young adult Strange things are happening in the land, and Wirrun's people have sent for him because he has dealt with the land and its spirits before.
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y separately published work icon Behind the Wind Patricia Wrightson , Richmond : Hutchinson Australia , 1981 Z515812 1981 single work novel young adult Wirrun was happy and living free with his golden girl, Murra but separation and evil were lurking and Wirrun was called on for one last time to deal with a man's creation - death.

Works about this Work

The Happy Folk and the Old South Land : Entering the Mythologised Landscape of Wrightson's The Song of Wirrun Kerrie Le Lievre , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aumla , May no. 101 2004; (p. 109-122) Discusses how Wrightson 'manipulates the generic features of the fantasy trilogy so that the texts function as a threshold or point of transition between an impoverished experience of the Australian landscape and an enriched one, not only for the characters of her story, but for the reader' (p.109).
Patricia Wrightson : A Dreaming - Lilith Norman Talks About an Old Friend Lilith Norman , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 18-20)
Ice, Dark Water and Wind in Patricia Wrightson's Wirrun Trilogy John Gough , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Idiom , vol. 19 no. 1 1984; (p. 13-18)
Some Comments on the Books of Wirrun Patricia Wrightson , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 13)
The Happy Folk and the Old South Land : Entering the Mythologised Landscape of Wrightson's The Song of Wirrun Kerrie Le Lievre , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aumla , May no. 101 2004; (p. 109-122) Discusses how Wrightson 'manipulates the generic features of the fantasy trilogy so that the texts function as a threshold or point of transition between an impoverished experience of the Australian landscape and an enriched one, not only for the characters of her story, but for the reader' (p.109).
Patricia Wrightson : A Dreaming - Lilith Norman Talks About an Old Friend Lilith Norman , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 18-20)
Ice, Dark Water and Wind in Patricia Wrightson's Wirrun Trilogy John Gough , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Idiom , vol. 19 no. 1 1984; (p. 13-18)
Some Comments on the Books of Wirrun Patricia Wrightson , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 13)
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