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The third novel in a trilogy which begins with Up the Country and then Ten Creeks Run.
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Available in braille format.
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Drawing off the Rich Cream : The Struggle in London
2011
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— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 91-110) 'The rich cream of Miles Franklin's simile on some cases maintained its sweetly luscious quality in England, but in others it turned out to be just skim milk after all, or else the vinegary life of the metropolis soon curdled it. Franklin herself knew this very well. She found no real literary success herself in London, and permits the authorial voice in Cockatoos (speaking from her own experience) to strike a conspiratorial note, with a warning of a deliberate censoring of bad news from the capital. "The facts about those who starved in the Big Smoke until the hat went round to generous compatriots to send them home," says the narrator darkly, " were not in the Sydney newspapers and did not weigh against successes." Perhaps so, but there was always room in the newspapers for yet another report on that most acceptable and uplifting trajectory of the expatriate: the longing to leave, the confused arrival, the temporary disillusionment, the struggle, the slowly rising fortunes, the moderate or great success: in short, the good news that the game plan had worked. The fewer the initial prospects, the more unlikely the ascent, the more the stay-at-homes were eager for details.' (Authors introduction 91-92) -
A Gout of Bile : Metic and Immigrant Expatriates
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 37-55) 'In the unpublished novel by the young Philip Lindsay, The Mangle...there is a fine scene when the character Ronnie Doebrook is leaving for England. He does not expect ever to return. As his liner pulls away from the Sydney dockside, Ronnie picks up one of the yellow paper streamers dangling over the rail, raises it to his lips, and pretends to send a gout of bile spurting over his receding friends and relatives. It is his parting comment on his birthplace. He is realizing his wish. Already he has become - what? An emigrant? An exile? Or an expatirate?' (Author's introduction 36) -
Why Men Leave Home : The Flight of the Suburban Male in Some Popular Australian Fiction 1910-1950
2009
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— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 110-123) -
'Only Scratch the Surface' : Reading Franklin's Cockatoos
2007
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— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 67 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 377-390) -
Joseph Furphy and Miles Franklin
1990
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criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 119 1990; (p. 78-86)
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Cockatoos
1954
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— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 11 September 1954; (p. 4)
— Review of Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists 1954 single work novel -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society , vol. 40 no. 1954; (p. 286-288)
— Review of Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists 1954 single work novel -
More Brent of Bin Bin
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 September vol. 75 no. 3891 1954; (p. 2)
— Review of Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists 1954 single work novel -
That Shy Bin Bin Bird
1954
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 25 July 1954; (p. 48)
— Review of Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists 1954 single work novel -
What's New in Paperbacks
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 24 June 1989; (p. 20)
— Review of Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists 1954 single work novel -
'Only Scratch the Surface' : Reading Franklin's Cockatoos
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 67 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 377-390) -
Why Men Leave Home : The Flight of the Suburban Male in Some Popular Australian Fiction 1910-1950
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 110-123) -
A Gout of Bile : Metic and Immigrant Expatriates
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 37-55) 'In the unpublished novel by the young Philip Lindsay, The Mangle...there is a fine scene when the character Ronnie Doebrook is leaving for England. He does not expect ever to return. As his liner pulls away from the Sydney dockside, Ronnie picks up one of the yellow paper streamers dangling over the rail, raises it to his lips, and pretends to send a gout of bile spurting over his receding friends and relatives. It is his parting comment on his birthplace. He is realizing his wish. Already he has become - what? An emigrant? An exile? Or an expatirate?' (Author's introduction 36) -
Drawing off the Rich Cream : The Struggle in London
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 91-110) 'The rich cream of Miles Franklin's simile on some cases maintained its sweetly luscious quality in England, but in others it turned out to be just skim milk after all, or else the vinegary life of the metropolis soon curdled it. Franklin herself knew this very well. She found no real literary success herself in London, and permits the authorial voice in Cockatoos (speaking from her own experience) to strike a conspiratorial note, with a warning of a deliberate censoring of bad news from the capital. "The facts about those who starved in the Big Smoke until the hat went round to generous compatriots to send them home," says the narrator darkly, " were not in the Sydney newspapers and did not weigh against successes." Perhaps so, but there was always room in the newspapers for yet another report on that most acceptable and uplifting trajectory of the expatriate: the longing to leave, the confused arrival, the temporary disillusionment, the struggle, the slowly rising fortunes, the moderate or great success: in short, the good news that the game plan had worked. The fewer the initial prospects, the more unlikely the ascent, the more the stay-at-homes were eager for details.' (Authors introduction 91-92) -
The Boer War: Paterson, Abbott, Brennan, Miles Franklin and Morant
1985
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 2 1985; (p. 207-222)
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Subjects:
- New South Wales,
- Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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