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Jan Bassett Jan Bassett i(A949 works by) (a.k.a. Janice Mary Bassett)
Born: Established: 21 Aug 1953 ; Died: Ceased: 1999
Gender: Female
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1 4 y separately published work icon The Facing Island: A Personal History Jan Bassett , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2002 Z984812 2002 single work autobiography
1 As We Wave You Goodbye : Australian Women and War : Introduction Jan Bassett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: As We Wave You Goodbye : Australian Women and War 1998; (p. ix-xvi)
1 2 y separately published work icon As We Wave You Goodbye : Australian Women and War Jan Bassett (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z363639 1998 anthology poetry biography extract correspondence war literature
1 y separately published work icon Wrecked! : Mysteries and Disasters at Sea Jan Bassett , New South Wales : Allen and Unwin , 1996 Z833042 1996 single work non-fiction children's

'Fabulous treasure lost for 300 years; mutineers chained to the ship's deck; a rescue on horseback; bodies vanished in a blowhole. These extraordinary stories of danger and heroism at sea chart the extremes of human experience. For primary and secondary school students. Covered in adhesive plastic. Shipwreck stories and miraculous rescues After long months of sailing across the oceans, navigating by sun and stars, there on the horizon is the new land. But wild seas, jagged rocks and coral reefs snared many a ship before it could reach safety. How many people drowned when the Cataraqui smashed into rocks off King Island? Find out how the 'graveyard' and treasure of the Batavia was uncovered after 300 years; how Captain Bligh and his castaways suffered in an open boat after the mutiny on the Bounty; how two people survived the wreck of the Loch Ard when everyone else perished. Did Eliza Fraser owe her life to the Aborigines? How do you explain the ancient wreck before the arrival of Captain Cook? Unbelievable but true, these extraordinary stories of disaster and rescue at sea chart the extremes of human experience - from brutality and madness to heroic courage and endurance.' (Publication summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon Great Explorations: An Australian Anthology Jan Bassett (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 Z480762 1996 anthology short story poetry extract prose correspondence travel
1 5 y separately published work icon Great Southern Landings : An Anthology of Antipodean Travel Jan Bassett (editor), South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1995 Z84632 1995 anthology short story prose extract biography travel
1 'Preserving the White Race' : Some Australian Women's Literary Responses to the Great War Jan Bassett , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 2 1985; (p. 223-233) Surveys poetry and verse, personal narratives and popular novels written by Australian women about the Great War. Finds as major preoccupations and concerns in this type of literature: fear of threats to their class and race caused by war; fear for the family; glorification of White Australia; concerns about the future of the British Empire.
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