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'An account of the wanderings of two small boys who are escaping from the law, and trying to reach the safety of their home in the bush' (Brisbane Courier, Saturday 28 April 1928). 'Told in the first person by Joe who, with his friend Bob, becomes a boy swaggie. They run away from the city and go bush. On the road they meet real swaggies, discover the skeleton of a lost girl, and team up with King Billy—an aboriginal on walkabout. The usual Australian ingredients of bushfires and dingoes are there, and the whole is recounted in a laconic style that is perhaps meant to be an example of Australian terseness' (Saxby, A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941, p. 170).
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Children's Books
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 February vol. 5 no. 2 1933; (p. 30)
— Review of The Road to Widgewong 1928 single work children's fiction -
Children's Books
1933
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 16 January vol. 5 no. 1 1933; (p. 9)
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Children's Books
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 February vol. 5 no. 2 1933; (p. 30)
— Review of The Road to Widgewong 1928 single work children's fiction -
Children's Books
1933
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 16 January vol. 5 no. 1 1933; (p. 9)
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