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y separately published work icon Blue Brander : A Story of Adventure and Australian School Life single work   children's fiction   adventure   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1927... 1927 Blue Brander : A Story of Adventure and Australian School Life
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'Blue Brander opens with Brander of the Middle Fifth leading a scrimmage against the Upper Fifth. As a result, the new master, Mr Doohan, unjustly punishes Johnson, the School rowing stroke, banning him from rowing for three weeks, meaning the school's chances of winning the upcoming Head of the River Race are severely diminished. Brander plots revenge on Mr Doohan during the Easter holidays, even though Mr Doohan is dating his sister, Daphne. Blue Brander is similar to its contemporaries in that it sets the adventure storyline during a holiday period. The Branders, Mr Doohan and the Gang set off to the Jenolan Caves where Mr Doohan is going to search for his grandfather's treasure hoard hidden years ago. When an old man the Gang befriended on the train trip turns out to be a bank robber, the Gang decide to foil his plans as well'. Source: Bonza Schooldays.

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  • Dedication: To my mother.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Melbourne, Victoria,: Ward, Lock ,       1927 .
      Extent: 313p.
      Description: illus. (b & w).
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y separately published work icon The Gang on Wheels D. Lindsay Thompson , London Melbourne : Ward, Lock , 1930 Z1371253 1930 single work children's fiction children's Continues the story of the 'Gang' from Blue Brander. 'The story opens with typical school minutiae, a fight between Johnson and Kidman, a newly appointed prefect. There is some antagonism between the pair as much of the school feels that Johnson, the popular sportsman, should have been made a prefect instead of Kidman. The adventure part starts when Hyde finds a roll of forged florins and with the school having to close due to the Influenza epidemic, the Gang decide to investigate. The inclusion of this real life incident is distinctive; Thompson would have been not many years out of school when the epidemic occurred. The Gang travel to the [Wingecarribee] Swamp in Brander's ramshackle car as Hyde thinks this would be the perfect location for a counterfeiting forge to be hidden. At the same time Kidman and his family are embarking on a holiday to the same area and the two groups meet when they are involved in an accident'. Source: Bonza Schooldays.
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Works about this Work

Books for the Growing Boy L. G. , 1931 single work review
— Appears in: The Home , 2 March vol. 12 no. 3 1931; (p. 58)
— Review of Blue Brander : A Story of Adventure and Australian School Life D. Lindsay Thompson , 1927 single work children's fiction ; The Gang on Wheels D. Lindsay Thompson , 1930 single work children's fiction
Books for the Growing Boy L. G. , 1931 single work review
— Appears in: The Home , 2 March vol. 12 no. 3 1931; (p. 58)
— Review of Blue Brander : A Story of Adventure and Australian School Life D. Lindsay Thompson , 1927 single work children's fiction ; The Gang on Wheels D. Lindsay Thompson , 1930 single work children's fiction
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