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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
4
Henry Macintosh reviews the squash racquets handbook aimed at beginners, noting its brisk pace and practical coaching tips. The piece critiques diagrams, favors photos, and discusses umpiring, British dominance, and a late comment on a top woman player Heather McKay.
A critical overview of wild deer in Australia and New Guinea, tracing introductions by Victorians and British settlers to satisfy hunting tastes. Bentley argues for cautious conservation and management, noting ecological impacts, tick issues, and the need for official study before any large scale protection or expansion. The review critiques illustrations and warns of possum and deer dynamics in forests.
John Cockcroft assesses Papua and New Guinea as a potential tourist destination. Despite 1966 Tourist Board efforts, the territory lacks broad marketing and attractive literature. The work argues for informative titles to showcase Isles of the South Pacific and key regions like New Britain New Ireland and Bougainville.
Barbara Ker Wilson contrasts Debbie Armstrong’s present Sydney life with ancestors’ Bendigo era in a novel aimed at 10 to 14 year olds. Ninji's Magic follows a New Guinea boy and friends amid education clashes, while Let's Listen Again offers 30 kindergarten stories. The review finds the mix uneven but notes strong illustration and Pacific travel content.
A Melbourne book catalog lists titles on wartime journalism and soldierality from Fifth Battalion Vietnam life to Scud the soldiers point of view, plus sketches of Northern Territory, relativity popular science, Australian freshwater invertebrates, and children’s readers. Notable items include Fifth Battalion Vietnam account by Robert J Orpsenll, Hemisphere titles from Melbourne publishers, and works by Oscar White, Duglas Lockwood, and Nathaniel Beachley.
A garbled catalog partial list shows authors and titles including Blainey, Hardy, Mitchell, Tennant and Kipling. It mentions The Macmillan Company of Australia locations at 107 Moray Street South Melbourne and Mitt Street Sydney, implying distribution or publishing notes.
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