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'Mareka would be quite happy in the milkbar in Newtown, even though it is so far from Greece, if it wasn't for the Wilson kids who give her a hard time.'
'But her Yaya, her grandmother has only recently arrived in Australia and feels lost and unhappy. She misses her mountain village and her goat, Poppy. If only Mareka cound find her something to do...'
'Then she has an idea. But it's such a big idea she feels dizzy - and there are such a lot of problems...'(Source: Back cover)
Adaptations
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form
y
Five Times Dizzy
SBS Television
(publisher),
( dir. John Eastway
)
Pyrmont
:
Samson Film Services
SBS Television
,
1986
Z973706
1986
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
A children's comedy drama series, concerning a Greek family and their attempts to run a deli in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Newtown. When the grandmother, YaYa, arrives from Greece to live with them, she has a great deal of trouble adjusting to her new life, until her eleven-year-old granddaughter Marika buys her a goat.
Reading Australia
Notes
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Prequel to Dancing in the Anzac Deli.
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Dedication: This book is for Martin
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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form
y
Interviews with 10 Australian Authors
Tom Tilley
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
ABC Splash
,
2018
16600399
2018
website
interview
film/TV
'Meet ten of Australia's literary greats. Tom Tilley speaks with writers such as David Malouf, Nadia Wheatley and Michael Gow about their works, their inspirations and their lives as writers.'
Source: Introduction.
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Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the ANZAC Deli by Nadia Wheatley
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;
— Review of Five Times Dizzy 1982 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction -
Advocating Multiculturalism: Migrants in Australian Children's Literature After 1972
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 180-188) This article is concerned with a major shift in Australian ideology and values that Stephens argues occurred during the 1970s. He argues that 'within a decade during the 1970s Australian political and educational institutions underwent a palpable shift towards an ideology of multiculturalism and Australian Children's Literature shifted with it' (180). By the mid-seventies multiculturalism in children's literature was advocated as 'a desirable social value and one to be inculcated in child readers' (180). Multiculturalism in children's fiction was conceived as 'acceptance of difference and heterogeneity' which was in accordance with the general principles expressed by the Australian Council on population and Ethnic Affairs (1982). Stephens critiques a number of contemporary novels that deal with issues of multiculturalism and identity formation: On Loan (Anne Brooksbank), The Boys from Bondi (Alan Collins), Moving Out (Helen Garner & Jennifer Giles), New Patches for Old (Christobel Mattingly), Deepwater (Judith O'Neill), The Other Side of the Family (Maureen Pople), The Seventh Pebble (Eleanor Spence), Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli (Nadia Wheatley). He makes three pertinent claims regarding representations of multicultural identity and/or community in Australia: that the representation of multiculturalism is questionable in these novels as most of the authors do not come from a non-Anglo background; that there is a general subordination of the themes of migration and culture to the theme of personal identity development (a common thematic concern of children's literature); while the novels 'pivot on aspects of difference' the narratives are generally focalized through members of the majority culture and 'hence the privilege of narrative subjectivity is rarely bestowed upon minority groups' (181). Stephens posits that within the genre of children's fiction, 'the absence of significant migrant voices...leads to a partial and hence false, representation of the Australian experience of migration and the development of multiculturalism' (181). -
Eating Bananas Underwater
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 5-10) -
Dragon Fly, Mareka and Lindy : The Minority Child as Chooser in Three Australian Narratives
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , April vol. 19 no. 2 1988; (p. 33-52) Compares three Australian narratives which (1) focus on a child who must contemplate the gap between two cultures; and (2) give central significance to an act of choice by the child.
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Sixteen Make the Short List
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Master of the Grove 1982 single work novel ; Tin Lizzie and Little Nell 1982 single work picture book ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Train 1982 single work picture book ; Five Times Dizzy 1982 single work children's fiction ; Turramulli the Giant Quinkin 1982 single work picture book ; Longtime Dreaming 1982 single work novel -
Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the ANZAC Deli by Nadia Wheatley
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2012;
— Review of Five Times Dizzy 1982 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction -
Eating Bananas Underwater
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 5-10) -
Dragon Fly, Mareka and Lindy : The Minority Child as Chooser in Three Australian Narratives
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , April vol. 19 no. 2 1988; (p. 33-52) Compares three Australian narratives which (1) focus on a child who must contemplate the gap between two cultures; and (2) give central significance to an act of choice by the child. -
Children's Book Council of Australia Judge's Report, 1983
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 88 1983; (p. 6-13) -
Advocating Multiculturalism: Migrants in Australian Children's Literature After 1972
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 180-188) This article is concerned with a major shift in Australian ideology and values that Stephens argues occurred during the 1970s. He argues that 'within a decade during the 1970s Australian political and educational institutions underwent a palpable shift towards an ideology of multiculturalism and Australian Children's Literature shifted with it' (180). By the mid-seventies multiculturalism in children's literature was advocated as 'a desirable social value and one to be inculcated in child readers' (180). Multiculturalism in children's fiction was conceived as 'acceptance of difference and heterogeneity' which was in accordance with the general principles expressed by the Australian Council on population and Ethnic Affairs (1982). Stephens critiques a number of contemporary novels that deal with issues of multiculturalism and identity formation: On Loan (Anne Brooksbank), The Boys from Bondi (Alan Collins), Moving Out (Helen Garner & Jennifer Giles), New Patches for Old (Christobel Mattingly), Deepwater (Judith O'Neill), The Other Side of the Family (Maureen Pople), The Seventh Pebble (Eleanor Spence), Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli (Nadia Wheatley). He makes three pertinent claims regarding representations of multicultural identity and/or community in Australia: that the representation of multiculturalism is questionable in these novels as most of the authors do not come from a non-Anglo background; that there is a general subordination of the themes of migration and culture to the theme of personal identity development (a common thematic concern of children's literature); while the novels 'pivot on aspects of difference' the narratives are generally focalized through members of the majority culture and 'hence the privilege of narrative subjectivity is rarely bestowed upon minority groups' (181). Stephens posits that within the genre of children's fiction, 'the absence of significant migrant voices...leads to a partial and hence false, representation of the Australian experience of migration and the development of multiculturalism' (181). -
form
y
Interviews with 10 Australian Authors
Tom Tilley
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
ABC Splash
,
2018
16600399
2018
website
interview
film/TV
'Meet ten of Australia's literary greats. Tom Tilley speaks with writers such as David Malouf, Nadia Wheatley and Michael Gow about their works, their inspirations and their lives as writers.'
Source: Introduction.
Awards
- 1983 commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
- 1983 joint winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature With Pamela Allen, Who Sank the Boat?
- Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,