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'[R]ecounts the life of a red heifer and her struggle to remain free despite the efforts of men to contain her in the cattle herd' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 124).
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Dedication: This Book is dedicated to my brother Douglas.
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Joy Dettman : Books That Changed Me
2014
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 9 March 2014; (p. 12) -
Cultural Myths and Open Secrets : The Cattle Industries in Australia
2013
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— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; -
The Outback : In Praise of the Bush
1995
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 53-70) -
Untitled
1990
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review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction ; Dusty : The Story of a Sheep Dog 1946 single work children's fiction -
Letters
1988
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correspondence
— Appears in: The Penguin Anthology of Australian Women's Writing 1988; (p. 431-468)
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Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Won by Unknown Book
1932
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review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 July vol. 4 no. 7 1932; (p. 112)
— Review of Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction -
This Year's Australian Books
1932
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review
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 4 no. 12 1932; (p. 201-204)
— Review of Boomerang 1932 single work novel ; Old Blastus of Bandicoot : Opuscule on a Pioneer Tufted with Ragged Rhymes 1930-1939 single work novel ; Green Mallee 1932 single work novel ; Rufus Sterne : A Novel 1932 single work novel ; Two Studies 1931 selected work short story ; Kiss on the Lips 1932 single work short story ; The Earth Lover and Other Verses 1932 selected work poetry ; Twenty-Six 1932 selected work poetry ; Under the Wilgas 1932 selected work poetry ; By-Products: A Book of Verses 1932 selected work poetry ; Lilacs out of the Dead Land 1932 selected work poetry ; Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction ; Separate Lives 1931 selected work short story -
Man Shy Wins Recognition in U.S.A.
1935
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review
— Appears in: All About Books , 13 March vol. 7 no. 3 1935; (p. 52)
— Review of Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1932
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review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 24 December 1932; (p. 70)
— Review of Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction -
A Cattle Yarn
1931
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 August vol. 52 no. 2688 1931; (p. 2)
— Review of Man-Shy 1931 single work children's fiction - y Australian Literature Society Medallists Sydney : Australasian Medical Publishing , 1935 Z1040561 1935 single work criticism Summary of an address given to the Australian English Association 25th September 1935.
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Fellowship of Australian Writers [Meeting Report]
1932
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— Appears in: All About Books , 15 October vol. 4 no. 10 1932; (p. 162) -
Can You Better This Book List?
1945
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— Appears in: Book News , August no. [1] 1945; (p. 3) -
Children's Books
1933
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correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 March vol. 5 no. 3 1933; (p. 43) A mother of "three children of normal intelligence" from Armidale responds to Jameson's article "The Use of Books For Your Child". -
A Reader's Notebook
1934
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review
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 August vol. 6 no. 8 1934; (p. 153-154)
— Review of Landtakers : The Story of an Epoch 1934 single work novel ; Cobbers : A Personal Record of a Journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania and Some of the Reefs and Islands in the Coral Sea, Made in the Years 1930, 1931 and 1932 1934 single work autobiography ; Eight Plays by Australians 1934 anthology drama ; Upsurge : A Novel 1934 single work novel ; The Silver Dog 1934 single work novel ; The Yellow Joss : And Other Tales 1934 selected work short story ; Ambition : An Autobiographical Novel 1934 single work novel
Awards
- 1931 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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