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The Fringe Dwellers is set in a remote area of Western Australia. It is the story of Noonah and Trilby, two sisters of Aboriginal decent, who live in a family camp on the fringe of society.
Adaptations
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form
y
The Fringe Dwellers
( dir. Bruce Beresford
)
Australia
:
Fringe Dwellers Productions
,
1986
Z901268
1986
single work
film/TV
The Fringe Dwellers tells the story of the cultural conflict experienced by Trilby, a young Aboriginal woman, and her desire to get out of the fringe camp in which she lives and to enter mainstream society.
Notes
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Adapted for the 1986 film The Fringe Dwellers directed by Bruce Beresford
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Dedication: To my friends, with love.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne City,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Text Publishing
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Conversation, Collaboration, Assimilation : Nene Gare's The Fringe Dwellers
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 225-232) -
Introduction
2012
essay
— Appears in: The Fringe Dwellers 2012; -
An Unassuming Radical
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , April vol. 16 no. 7 2006; (p. 19-21) -
Beyond the Fringe?
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 19 January 2002; (p. 29) -
Nene Gare
Giulia Giuffre
(interviewer),
1990
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: A Writing Life : Interviews with Australian Women Writers 1990; (p. 14-25)
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The Fringe People
1962
single work
review
— Appears in: Realist Writer , November no. 10 1962; (p. 21)
— Review of The Fringe Dwellers 1961 single work novel -
Untitled
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 28 October 1961; (p. 8)
— Review of The Fringe Dwellers 1961 single work novel -
[Review] Low Company
1962
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 6 no. 2 1962; (p. 83-84,86)
— Review of La Bora 1961 single work novel ; Daughter of Silence 1961 single work novel ; Low Company 1961 single work novel ; The Fringe Dwellers 1961 single work novel -
Recent Novels
1962
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 23 1962; (p. 55-57)
— Review of La Bora 1961 single work novel ; The Scarlet Blossom 1961 single work novel ; The Dyehouse 1961 single work novel ; Low Company 1961 single work novel ; The Sun on the Stubble 1961 single work children's fiction ; The Fringe Dwellers 1961 single work novel ; A Stranger and Afraid 1961 single work novel ; If Golde Rust 1961 single work novel -
Search for Status
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 December vol. 82 no. 4268 1961; (p. 35-36)
— Review of The Fringe Dwellers 1961 single work novel ; Pilotage 1961 single work novel ; Stephen Morris 1961 selected work novel -
A Balance of Humour and Truthfulness
1986
single work
column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , August vol. 1 no. 8 1986; (p. 4-6) -
Keneally and Gare: Boundary Riders and Fringedwellers
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 14 no. 2 1986; (p. 48-56) -
An Unassuming Radical
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , April vol. 16 no. 7 2006; (p. 19-21) -
Thoughts on Aboriginal Literature
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Aboriginal Child at School , February/March vol. 13 no. 1 1985; (p. 31-52) -
Australian Woman Novelists of the 1970s: A Survey
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1985; (p. 200-221)
Last amended 30 Jul 2020 14:52:23
Settings:
- Western Australia,
- Perth, Western Australia,
- Country towns,
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