The Gang Lampoon of Midnite the Bushrider
A satire of colonial Australia features Midnite as a cheeky outlaw praised for clever antics. Trooper OGrady locks up criminals, while royalty and poets debate abolishing him. Midnite survives and gains honors, with Ralph Steadman illustrations enhancing the playful romp.
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Australia
Robin Hood
O'Grady
Midnite
Grey Gaol
Khat
Mikiensis
Bostows
Indy
Upbringin
Stow
Ralph Steadman
Reluctant pioneers and frontier tales in Australian fiction
Review surveys two works about Australia’s frontier and indigenous life. Lindsay Connors' Above the Trees follows William Whitburn’s 1877 Gippsland settlement struggle. Nan Chauncy’s Mathinna’s People recounts Tasmanian Aboriginal tribes facing tragedy with colonial contact.
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Clarissa
Mavis Thorpe Clark
Mathinna
Tasmania
Nan Chauncy
Young romance shelves of sapphire and fox hole
A Brinsmead historical romance from Oxford University Press features a 179 page volume priced at $2.65 while The Fox Hole by Tuan Southall from Hicks Smith in association with Metheun runs 125 pages at $1.95.
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H. F. Brinsmead
Oxford University Press
Price
Fox Hole
Tuan Southall
Hicks Smith
Assoc Metheun
Binny
Dandenongs
Ken
Mavis
Thorpe Clark
Lansdowne
Ivan Southall
Picture books and critics in Sydney market tale review
Lydia Bender and Lydia Pender contribute Sharpur the Carpet Snake a story praised for vitality of Sydney fruit market but criticized for crowded illustrations. Maggie and the Circus Pony and Puffing Billy receive commendations, with no outright winner in the picture book section.
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Maggie
Puffing
Billy
Lydia Pender
Sydney
Sharpur
Carpet Snake
Virginia Ith
Abelard
Sehoman
Children and Judges Review of Wee Books in 1960s
Judges praised the best entries for concept growth and adventurous scope. They note a shift from adventure tales to novels with satire and history, highlighting MIDNITE by Randolph Stow and MATHINNA'S PEOPLE by Nan Chauncy among others, with several titles commended for originality and quality.
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Agaed
England
Mathinna
Nan Chauncy
Oxford
Unieversity Press
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Children’s Book Council
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