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Icing on the Damper tells the story of the Mahoods who pioneered Australia's most remote cattle station, Mongrel Downs in the Tanami Desert, hundreds of miles north-west of Alice Springs.

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The Jolly Swagman Bruce Moore , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 16 no. 1 2007; (p. 6)
Literature in the Arid Zone Tom Lynch , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 70-92) This chapter surveys and assesses from an ecocentric perspective some representative literary portrayals of the Australian deserts. Generally, it contrasts works that portray the desert as an alien, hostile, and undifferentiated void with works that recognise and value the biological particularities of specific desert places. It explores the literature of three dominant cultural orientations to the deserts: pastoralism, mining, and traversal. It concludes with a consideration of several multi-voiced and/or multi-genred bioregionally informed works that suggests fruitful directions for more ecocentric literary approaches. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
[Review] Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Belinda McKay , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , October vol. 4 no. 2 1997; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Marie Mahood , 1995 single work autobiography 'There is, in Australian writing, a distinguished tradition of the 'true life story'. At its best, this genre entices the reader into the world of the narrator to enjoy a good yam which also functions as a form of history. But there are pitfalls too - the most common, in Australian writing, being an unrelenting cheerfulness which razes the more complex emotions which one ardently hopes the author experienced in 'real life' . Events do not speak for themselves: concealing the psyche and eschewing the passions deprives the 'true life story' of much of its raison d'etre.' (Introduction) 
In Australia Cowboys Milk Cows Marie Mahood , 1996 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Author , Spring vol. 28 no. 2 1996; (p. 7)
Bush Life Struggles in Plain Words Polly Wilson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 July 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Marie Mahood , 1995 single work autobiography
[Review] Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Belinda McKay , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , October vol. 4 no. 2 1997; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Marie Mahood , 1995 single work autobiography 'There is, in Australian writing, a distinguished tradition of the 'true life story'. At its best, this genre entices the reader into the world of the narrator to enjoy a good yam which also functions as a form of history. But there are pitfalls too - the most common, in Australian writing, being an unrelenting cheerfulness which razes the more complex emotions which one ardently hopes the author experienced in 'real life' . Events do not speak for themselves: concealing the psyche and eschewing the passions deprives the 'true life story' of much of its raison d'etre.' (Introduction) 
Bush Life Struggles in Plain Words Polly Wilson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 July 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Marie Mahood , 1995 single work autobiography
In Australia Cowboys Milk Cows Marie Mahood , 1996 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Author , Spring vol. 28 no. 2 1996; (p. 7)
Literature in the Arid Zone Tom Lynch , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 70-92) This chapter surveys and assesses from an ecocentric perspective some representative literary portrayals of the Australian deserts. Generally, it contrasts works that portray the desert as an alien, hostile, and undifferentiated void with works that recognise and value the biological particularities of specific desert places. It explores the literature of three dominant cultural orientations to the deserts: pastoralism, mining, and traversal. It concludes with a consideration of several multi-voiced and/or multi-genred bioregionally informed works that suggests fruitful directions for more ecocentric literary approaches. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
The Jolly Swagman Bruce Moore , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 16 no. 1 2007; (p. 6)
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