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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Blue Dress : Stories
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Notes

  • Short stories based on the painting of Hathorn's daughter by Brian Dunlop titled 'The Blue Dress'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Mammoth , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Siren, David McRobbie , single work short story young adult (p. 1-17)
Knowing, Brian Caswell , single work short story young adult (p. 19-31)
My Mother Was Married in Morning Glory Blue, Gillian Mears , single work short story young adult (p. 33-44)
Moonlight Bay, Kate Veitch , single work short story young adult (p. 45-62)
Farewell, Libby Gleeson , single work short story young adult (p. 63-65)
The Last Cabinet, Gary Crew , single work short story young adult (p. 67-77)
A Dream Cody Had, Nette Hilton , single work short story young adult (p. 79-88)
Quicksand, Nadia Wheatley , single work short story young adult (p. 89-99)
First Dance, Penelope Rowe , single work short story young adult (p. 101-113)
Come to Israel, Margaret Beale , single work short story young adult (p. 115-125)
The Outcast, Allan Baillie , single work short story young adult science fiction
'On Mars people can be different beyond sex or race. Like the currency lads and lasses of early Australia, second generation humans born on Mars are very different to 'Earthlings'. Can Alice and Weyen ever form a bond across this divide?' (Source: The Source).
(p. 127-136)
Shift, Janine Burke , single work short story young adult (p. 137-148)
Dress Code, Jenny Pausacker , single work short story young adult (p. 149-162)
Blue, Sophie Masson , single work short story young adult (p. 163-173)
Vigil, Libby Hathorn , single work short story young adult (p. 175-188)
Bluebeard's Daughter, Margaret Wild , single work short story young adult (p. 189-193)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Parties in Print : A Decade of Stories John Appleton , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 38 no. 1 2023; (p. 4-7)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story ; Beetle Soup : Australian Stories and Poems for Children 1996 anthology poetry children's fiction ; Bushland Stories Amy Eleanor Mack , 1910 selected work children's fiction ; Tales from the Wasteland : Stories from the 13th Floor 2000 anthology short story ; Love Me, Love Me Not Libby Gleeson , 1993 selected work children's fiction ; Landmarks : Nine New Australian Stories 1991 anthology short story ; Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; Dream Time : New Stories by Sixteen Award-Winning Authors 1989 anthology short story
Aphrodite in a Blue Dress Alice Mills , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 76-91)
[Review] The Blue Dress : Stories Nola Allen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 7 no. 2 1992; (p. 33)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
The Blue Dress Margaret Gilbert (interviewer), 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 36 no. 4 1992; (p. 6-7)
[Review] The Blue Dress : Stories John D. Adams , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 1 1992; (p. 29)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
[Review] The Blue Dress : Stories John D. Adams , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 36 no. 1 1992; (p. 29)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
[Review] The Blue Dress : Stories Nola Allen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 7 no. 2 1992; (p. 33)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
Their Stamp of Tragedy Katharine England , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 2 November 1991; (p. 13)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
Blue Tones with Wit and Pain Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 November 1991; (p. 6)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
Fascinating Mix of Stories for Young Readers Laurie Copping , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 February 1992; (p. C6)

— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story ; Rookwood Dorothy Porter , 1991 single work novel ; Another Sparrow Singing Eleanor Spence , 1991 single work children's fiction ; All in the Blue Unclouded Weather Robin Klein , 1991 single work novel ; Letters from the Inside John Marsden , 1991 single work novel ; The Magician's Box Sally Odgers , 1991 single work children's fiction
The Blue Dress Margaret Gilbert (interviewer), 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 36 no. 4 1992; (p. 6-7)
Aphrodite in a Blue Dress Alice Mills , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 76-91)
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Meg Sorensen , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 135 1991; (p. 53-54)
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