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Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 The Shadow on the Hills
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'Ebenezer Blitz, an eccentric hermit who lives in the Australian hills with his half-dingo, half-domesticated dog, evokes in young, high-spirited Bodo Schneider strong feelings of loyalty and compassion.'

Source: HarperCollins ed.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Sun on the Stubble The Valley Between Noel Robinson , ABC Television (publisher), ( dir. Robert Marchand ) Lindfield Australia Germany : Film Australia ABC Television ZDF , 1996 Z1057268 1996 series - publisher film/TV

Six-part drama series about a fourteen-year-old German immigrant, Bruno Gunther, growing up in a small wheat-farming community in Australia during the 1930s. Based on Colin Thiele's novels The Valley Between, Sun on the Stubble, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, and The Shadow on the Hills.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Rigby Opal , 1977 .
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      Extent: 182p.
      ISBN: 0727002775
      Series: Rigby Opal Books Rigby (publisher), series - publisher
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Harper and Row ,       1977 .
      Extent: 216p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      ISBN: 0060261277 (lib. bdg.), 0060261269
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    y separately published work icon Sun on the Stubble Omnibus Colin Thiele , Sydney : Lansdowne , 1996 Z1057245 1996 selected work children's fiction children's Sydney : Lansdowne , 1996
Alternative title: Den Gamle pa Berget
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
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      Sweden,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sjostrands ,       1982 .
      Extent: 198p.
      ISBN: 9175740486
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Related Works

y separately published work icon The Sun on the Stubble Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1961 Z1057248 1961 single work children's fiction humour children's 'From the classic Australian children's author. Originally pubished in 1961, this is the coming-of-age story of a boy and his immigrant family in Depression-era Australia: Bruno Gunther lives on a farm in South Australia, where adventures spring up like wheat shoots. He has to cope with his stern dad, his mother and family--and trickiest of all is the new teacher in town, who is too alert for comfort. Then there are the local arguements, that all seem to flare up around complicated bits of machinery, like water pumps and cars. All they really need is a little help from Bruno to sort everything out . . . . For young readers ages 9-14. This novel and three others by Thiele inspired an Australian TV series, 'Sun on the Stubble': The Valley Between, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts & The Shadow on the Hills.' 

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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon With Dew on My Boots : A Childhood Revisited Colin Thiele , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1997 Z366268 1997 single work autobiography
Prolific as Ever Terry O'Connor , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 June 1996; (p. wkd 8)
Australia's Social History: Understanding Our Past John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 105-120)
Colin Thiele: from Sun to Shadow Rosemary Wighton , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 66 1978; (p. 2-9)
Myself-When-Young Eve Pownall , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 65 1977; (p. 27-28)
Prolific as Ever Terry O'Connor , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 June 1996; (p. wkd 8)
y separately published work icon With Dew on My Boots : A Childhood Revisited Colin Thiele , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1997 Z366268 1997 single work autobiography
Australia's Social History: Understanding Our Past John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 105-120)
Myself-When-Young Eve Pownall , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 65 1977; (p. 27-28)
Colin Thiele: from Sun to Shadow Rosemary Wighton , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 66 1978; (p. 2-9)
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Last amended 26 Nov 2019 12:43:00
Subjects:
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  • Barossa Valley, Lower North South Australia, South Australia,
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
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