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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 Australian Fairy Tales
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The Introduction, by former Prime Minister of Australia William Morris Hughes, states: 'Hitherto, the Fairies we have known, though very delightful beings, have had their habitat in far-off lands. Thanks to the researches of Mr. Hume Cook, we are now able to wander through the enchanted Bush with real Australian Fairy Princes and Princesses; share in the thrills of their amazing adventures; rejoice in the triumph of virtue; and be glad at the downfall of vice.

'The dwellers in Australian Fairy Land, although akin to those of other climes, have a distinct character of their own. Even the wicked Desert Fairies endear themselves to us. Although they do not vomit fire, as did the dreadful dragon of our childhood, one feels that, given a sporting chance, they would make that boastful beast curl up like a salted worm'.

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Hume Cook and Christian Yandell's Australian Fairy Tales 1925 2015 single work
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , June no. 386 2015; (p. 62-80)
“She Flings her Elfin Dreams of Mystery” : The Child-Poet Gwen Cope in the Land of “Australian Faery,” 1931–1939 Nicole Anae , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , January vol. 51 no. 1 2013; (p. 21-30) 'Gwen Cope enjoyed a significant reputation as a gifted Australian child-poet throughout the 1930s. Nevertheless, her two collections remain unacknowledged in the history of Australian literature despite their popularity. This article situates Cope's fairy-poetry against the ideological backdrop defined by adult fairy-poets of the 1930s to reveal fundamental discords between the child-poet writing her vision of fairy-folklore and the canonical writers who aimed to re-conceptualize " faery-lore" in the interests of Australian national literature.' (Author's abstract)
Australia's Fairy Tales Illustrated in Print : Instances of Indigeneity, Colonization, and Suburbanization Rebecca Do Rozario , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Marvels & Tales , vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 13-32) Australian fairy tale could be following a new direction, evident in the recent work of Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan. From a historical point of view, this article examines the disparity of early attempts to capture indigenous storytelling as fairy tale for white children and the invasion of the native landscape with English fairy creatures. It shows how this disparity has matured into a rediscovery of the underlying strangeness of the migratory infrastructures of Australian suburbs that are evident in such tales as those presented in Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008) (Author's abstract).
In Memory of Lu Rees Elizabeth Bray , 1984 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 4 1984; (p. 4)
Australia's Fairy Tales Illustrated in Print : Instances of Indigeneity, Colonization, and Suburbanization Rebecca Do Rozario , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Marvels & Tales , vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 13-32) Australian fairy tale could be following a new direction, evident in the recent work of Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan. From a historical point of view, this article examines the disparity of early attempts to capture indigenous storytelling as fairy tale for white children and the invasion of the native landscape with English fairy creatures. It shows how this disparity has matured into a rediscovery of the underlying strangeness of the migratory infrastructures of Australian suburbs that are evident in such tales as those presented in Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008) (Author's abstract).
“She Flings her Elfin Dreams of Mystery” : The Child-Poet Gwen Cope in the Land of “Australian Faery,” 1931–1939 Nicole Anae , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , January vol. 51 no. 1 2013; (p. 21-30) 'Gwen Cope enjoyed a significant reputation as a gifted Australian child-poet throughout the 1930s. Nevertheless, her two collections remain unacknowledged in the history of Australian literature despite their popularity. This article situates Cope's fairy-poetry against the ideological backdrop defined by adult fairy-poets of the 1930s to reveal fundamental discords between the child-poet writing her vision of fairy-folklore and the canonical writers who aimed to re-conceptualize " faery-lore" in the interests of Australian national literature.' (Author's abstract)
In Memory of Lu Rees Elizabeth Bray , 1984 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 4 1984; (p. 4)
Hume Cook and Christian Yandell's Australian Fairy Tales 1925 2015 single work
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , June no. 386 2015; (p. 62-80)
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