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Is part of Jim Fox 1988-1999 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Ruby-Eyed Coucal
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Jim Fox is fighting with the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) in the highlands of Irian Jaya. A gripping novel about Maree Fox's efforts to find her father, who is fighting in Irian Jaya. It examines relations between Indigenous Australians and West Papuans over the centuries. (Source: Publisher's website)

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Works about this Work

Cross-Cultural Alliances : Exploring Aboriginal Asian Literary and Cultural Production Peta Stephenson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lost in the Whitewash : Aboriginal-Asian Encounters in Australia, 1901-2001 2003; (p. 143-162) Peta Stephenson surveys Aboriginal-Asian cross-cultural production, considering representations of Aboriginal-Asian relations, influences on the construction of contemporary Aboriginality, and Aboriginal perceptions of Asian identity.
Bruce Pascoe... When the Land Speaks Bruce Basko... wa 'izal 'ardu takallamat Greg Bogaerts , Raghid Nahhas , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , December no. 8 2001; (p. 17-26)
Of Law and Place : Reading Heterotopic Spaces in Pascoe's 'Fox', 'Ruby-eyed Coucal', and 'Shark'. Alisoun Neville , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Law Journal , December vol. 15 no. 2001; (p. 55-79)
Future's Imperfect Suvendrini Perera , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Alter/Asians : Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media and Popular Culture 2000; (p. 3-24; Notes: 280-281)

Perera situates her exploration of Australian histories and futures 'in the context of the millennium and its anxieties'. She considers the appeal of 'Hansonism' and draws on a range of literary texts to demonstrate the limits and the potential of the imperfect, ideal of 'coexistence'.

The Proud Map-Maker Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 3)
Chips Off the Old Blockheads Rosser Street , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 April 1997; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Eleven Months in Bunbury James Ricks , 1997 single work novel ; Ruby-Eyed Coucal Bruce Pascoe , 1996 single work novel
Betrayal in the North Laurie Clancy , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 1997; (p. 10)
— Review of Ruby-Eyed Coucal Bruce Pascoe , 1996 single work novel
When Claims and Cultures Clash Debra Adelaide , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 March 1997; (p. 11s)
— Review of Ruby-Eyed Coucal Bruce Pascoe , 1996 single work novel
A Turbulent Fight Frank Bren , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 April 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Ruby-Eyed Coucal Bruce Pascoe , 1996 single work novel
Books in Brief Brian Woodley , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , April vol. 2 no. 3 1997; (p. 28)
— Review of Ruby-Eyed Coucal Bruce Pascoe , 1996 single work novel
Of Law and Place : Reading Heterotopic Spaces in Pascoe's 'Fox', 'Ruby-eyed Coucal', and 'Shark'. Alisoun Neville , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Law Journal , December vol. 15 no. 2001; (p. 55-79)
Cross-Cultural Alliances : Exploring Aboriginal Asian Literary and Cultural Production Peta Stephenson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lost in the Whitewash : Aboriginal-Asian Encounters in Australia, 1901-2001 2003; (p. 143-162) Peta Stephenson surveys Aboriginal-Asian cross-cultural production, considering representations of Aboriginal-Asian relations, influences on the construction of contemporary Aboriginality, and Aboriginal perceptions of Asian identity.
Future's Imperfect Suvendrini Perera , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Alter/Asians : Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media and Popular Culture 2000; (p. 3-24; Notes: 280-281)

Perera situates her exploration of Australian histories and futures 'in the context of the millennium and its anxieties'. She considers the appeal of 'Hansonism' and draws on a range of literary texts to demonstrate the limits and the potential of the imperfect, ideal of 'coexistence'.

Bruce Pascoe... When the Land Speaks Bruce Basko... wa 'izal 'ardu takallamat Greg Bogaerts , Raghid Nahhas , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , December no. 8 2001; (p. 17-26)
The Proud Map-Maker Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 3)
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Subjects:
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    Australia,
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  • Irian Jaya,
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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