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- y The Shady Tree Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z253882 1963 single work autobiography travel
- y Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines London : Robert Hale , 1961 Z499669 1961 single work autobiography
- y Tales from the Aborigines London : Robert Hale , 1959 Z499775 1959 selected work short story Indigenous story 'Many Aborigines have recounted these tales to me and in the re-telling I have woven the camp-life and customs of the story-tellers into the tales. As an end piece to some of the stories I have put in some verse to explain-in their quaint way of expressing their English-many of their observations about our ways of life. In gathering these tales I experienced many pleasures and happy days amidst a very intelligent people, and I now take this opportunity of thanking them for the stories they so willingly narrated to me around the camp-fires in the Northern Territory of Australia.' (Source: Author's Note)
- y An Emu in the Fowl Pen Adelaide : Rigby , 1967 Z847841 1967 single work autobiography children's
- y Mad as Rabbits Z1210280 1962 single work novel humour A 'humorous story of a girl growing up in a large family on a farm in the Victorian Wimmera'.
- y Our Uncle Charlie : 'and that's the way she goes' Adelaide : Rigby , 1964 Z203291 1964 single work novel humour 'The author takes the beloved rascal of Mad as Rabbits, her Uncle Charlie, and tells of his adventures and misadventures, his good deeds and his misdeeds, his unconventionalities and his eccentric manner. Whether she writes of his odd yet common-sense way of quarrelling with her father, his escapades in the township, or of the way he imparts his vast knowledge to his nephews and nieces, Uncle Charlie is brought to life in every chapter.'
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00969y Beyond the Western Rivers Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z520209 1955 single work autobiography Sydney : Rigby , 1969
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05071y From That Day to This Adelaide : Rigby , 1961 Z520311 1961 single work autobiography Adelaide : Rigby , 1971
- y Fair Dinkum London : Cassell , 1960 Z1369378 1960 selected work prose Anecdotes concerning the people and history of the Northern Territory. London : Cassell , 1960
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y
Brimming Billabongs : The Life Story of an Australian Aboriginal
Sydney
London
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1947
Z499994
1947
single work
single work
children's fiction
children's
'The story of Marmel the Aboriginal, of the Uwadga tribe, a true story and friend of the author who travels to other parts of Australia. Macassar traders, traditional life, and work as a stockman in the Norhtern Territory.' (Source: AbeBooks website)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1969 -
y
Robbery Under Arms : A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia
1882-1883
Z1039336
1882
single work
novel
Dick Marston narrates the events of his and his brother Jim's association with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight.
Adelaide : Rigby , 1970 -
y
Blue Fin
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1969
Z918946
1969
single work
children's fiction
children's
— Appears in: Storm Boy ; Blue Fin 1982;'Everyone in Port Lincoln thinks Snook Pascoe is a loser. People joke about his clumsiness; his teacher ridicules him and even his father, skipper of the tuna boat Blue Fin, is convinced that Snook will never amount to anything. After all, tuna fishing is a hard life for ‘real men’.
'When Snook is allowed, for once, to sail on Blue Fin he faces a terrifying disaster. A waterspout engulfs the ship, the deck is swept clean, the radio and rudder are wrecked, the engine is disabled, the crew is lost overboard and Snook’s father lies unconscious down below. Snook is on his own, far out to sea…' (Publication summary)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1971 - y Labourers in the Vineyard Adelaide : Rigby , 1970 Z223092 1970 single work novel Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
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y
The Sun on the Stubble
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1961
Z1057248
1961
single work
children's fiction
humour
children's
'From the classic Australian children's author. Originally pubished in 1961, this is the coming-of-age story of a boy and his immigrant family in Depression-era Australia: Bruno Gunther lives on a farm in South Australia, where adventures spring up like wheat shoots. He has to cope with his stern dad, his mother and family--and trickiest of all is the new teacher in town, who is too alert for comfort. Then there are the local arguements, that all seem to flare up around complicated bits of machinery, like water pumps and cars. All they really need is a little help from Bruno to sort everything out . . . . For young readers ages 9-14. This novel and three others by Thiele inspired an Australian TV series, 'Sun on the Stubble': The Valley Between, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts & The Shadow on the Hills.'
(Publication summary)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 - y The Rim of the Morning : Six Stories Adelaide : Rigby , 1966 Z827972 1966 selected work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
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Storm Boy
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1963
Z947092
1963
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Kumurins un Kamolins; Es protu lekt pari pelkem; Vetras zens 1999;The story of a boy and his pelican, Mr Percival, who live on the South Australian Coorong.
Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 - y Favourite Australian Stories Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Nigel Rigby , 1963 Z221991 1963 anthology short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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y
Albatross Two
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1974
Z269034
1974
single work
children's fiction
children's
The tiny South Australian coastal town of Ripple Bay is changed when Albatross Two, a giant offshore oil rig arrives. As her brother is employed on the rig, Tina Banks tries to understand the need for oil exploration, until an oil spillage threatens to destroy all the coastal wildlife. (Source: Trove)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 - y Shop! Adelaide : Rigby , 1975 Z1399266 1975 selected work short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
- y The Man Who Sold His Dreaming Roland Robinson , Sydney : Currawong , 1965 Z408164 1965 anthology short story Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
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y
Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal
Artarmon
:
Reed
,
1971
Z1436536
1971
single work
autobiography
'The author is Lardil man from Mornington Island; comments on conception beliefs, birth, food plants, camp life, Creation myth, myths on origin of death, Thuwathu the Rainbow Serpent, marriage rules, relations with Mission staff, hunting & fishing, stellar myths, dugong hunting, wild bee myth; initiation myth, describes initiation ceremony, subincision, secret Damin language; flood ceremony, 22 lines of rain stopping song (with free translation), story of Warrenby, sorcery and sorcerers, clay as medicine, love magic, moon legend, death & mourning, burial, inquest, spirit beliefs; relations with Bentinck Island (Kaiadilt) people, stories of early settlement of Sweers Island; work on cattle stations & as deckhand, encouragement to work on bark painting' (Source: Online)
Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 - y Doctor and the Aborigines Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1861809 1972 single work autobiography Adelaide : Charles Duguid , 1977
- y Australian Accent London : Chatto and Windus , 1958 Z411398 1958 selected work criticism essay Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
- y Roll the Summers Back Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1961 Z15364 1961 single work autobiography Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
- y Yandy Melbourne : Georgian House , 1959 Z304167 1959 single work novel The story of a strike of Aboriginal station hands in the North-West of Western Australia in 1946. At first opposed by police and squatters they ultimately won their rights to independence. (Libraries Australia) Adelaide : Rigby , 1978