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Saxby states: 'In the guise of a fairy story, this is an attempt to treat the relationship of the white settlers with the aborigines and to deal with the question of racial understanding'. (Source: H. M. Saxby A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941, 1969)
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How Early Australian Fairy Tales Displaced Aboriginal People with Mythical Creatures and Fantasies of Empty Land
2022
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 July 2022;'Most of us grew up reading fairy tales adapted from the European tradition: stories of kings, queens and princesses set in palaces and forests, such as Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast. But what about the history of Australian fairy tales?'(Introduction)
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The Return of the Fairy : Australian Medievalist Fantasy for the Young
2011
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— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October - November vol. 26 no. 3-4 2011; (p. 115-132)
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The Return of the Fairy : Australian Medievalist Fantasy for the Young
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October - November vol. 26 no. 3-4 2011; (p. 115-132) -
How Early Australian Fairy Tales Displaced Aboriginal People with Mythical Creatures and Fantasies of Empty Land
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 July 2022;'Most of us grew up reading fairy tales adapted from the European tradition: stories of kings, queens and princesses set in palaces and forests, such as Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast. But what about the history of Australian fairy tales?'(Introduction)
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