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'Planning to stay for ten years before returning to Devon, William Whitburn brings his wife and six children from England to the virgin forests of South Gippsland. In 1877 the family make their way on foot along a muddy track through the dense and towering forest to their new home, a wooden hut with an earthen floor in a small clearing. With only axes and saws, William Whitburn and his older sons cut down the huge trees of the ancient forest to clear the land for cattle and sheep. But 13-year-old Simon is fascinated by the forest and its creatures, particularly a pair of lyrebirds and their chicks.'
Source: Mavis Thorpe Clark fansite (http://www.mavisthorpeclark.com.au/books/blue_above_the_trees.shtml). (Sighted: 28/5/2014)
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Mavis Thorpe Clark : Lover of the Sunburnt Country
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 7-29) -
Australiana - 1968
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , March no. 29 1968; (p. 13-15)
— Review of Bushfire 1967 single work children's fiction ; Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel ; No Trains on Sunday 1967 single work children's fiction ; Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy 1967 single work children's fiction ; Riverboat Family 1967 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 February 1968; (p. 18)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 July 1968; (p. 14)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 March 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel
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Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 7 no. 5 1968; (p. 94)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel ; On My Island : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 April 1968; (p. 16)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel -
[Review] Blue Above the Trees [and] Midnite
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 July 1968; (p. 14)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel ; Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy 1967 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 March 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 July 1968; (p. 14)
— Review of Blue Above the Trees 1967 single work novel -
Mavis Thorpe Clark : Lover of the Sunburnt Country
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 7-29)
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- South Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria,
- 1877
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