AustLit logo
person or book cover
Image courtesy of UWA Publishing
y separately published work icon That Untravelled World single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 That Untravelled World
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'It is 1912, and young Harry Hopewell arrives in Perth to work on the construction of a wireless station commissioned by the new Australian Commonwealth Government. He is full of enthusiasm about the miraculous new world of possibilities opened up by radio transmission, and buoyed by his growing friendship with Nellie Weston. But when Nellie and her parents vanish without a trace, his world begins to darken.' (Publisher's website).

Notes

  • Dedication: To Zoe and her kith.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of UWA Publishing
      Extent: 214p.
      ISBN: 9781742583969 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

You're Reading Patricia Dowsett , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 March 2013; (p. 29)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Review : That Untravelled World Victoria Kuttainen , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , December no. 40 2013; (p. 119-122)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Review : That Untravelled World 2013 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , November - December vol. 87 no. 6 2013; (p. 75)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Reading as Displacement and Time Travel Ian Reid , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 48 no. 1 2013; (p. 65-70)

'A national survey of senior secondary English curriculum content has confirmed that contemporary literature predominates among set texts, being seen as an ‘essential’ category for study because of its ‘relevance’ in helping students ‘understand the world in which they live.’ Perhaps uncontentious – depending on the meaning of that phrase ‘contemporary literature’: is it what’s written in our own time, or also set in our own time? Too much of the latter could mean that

students’ reading confines them narrowly to the here and now. Part of our responsibility as educators is to help our students go beyond the familiar, and to reframe their experience of the world in which they live by introducing them to worlds elsewhere. Their understanding needs to move across time as well as across different places. In considering what these principles imply in practice for the selection and interpretation of texts, this article combines the perspectives of teacher, curriculum designer and

fiction writer.' (Author's abstract)

Connections, Crossed Wires, Bad Lines and Missed Calls Louise Swinn , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 November 2012; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot Annabel Smith , 2012 single work novel ; That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Connections, Crossed Wires, Bad Lines and Missed Calls Louise Swinn , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 November 2012; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot Annabel Smith , 2012 single work novel ; That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
You're Reading Patricia Dowsett , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 March 2013; (p. 29)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Review : That Untravelled World 2013 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , November - December vol. 87 no. 6 2013; (p. 75)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Review : That Untravelled World Victoria Kuttainen , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , December no. 40 2013; (p. 119-122)

— Review of That Untravelled World Ian Reid , 2012 single work novel
Reading as Displacement and Time Travel Ian Reid , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 48 no. 1 2013; (p. 65-70)

'A national survey of senior secondary English curriculum content has confirmed that contemporary literature predominates among set texts, being seen as an ‘essential’ category for study because of its ‘relevance’ in helping students ‘understand the world in which they live.’ Perhaps uncontentious – depending on the meaning of that phrase ‘contemporary literature’: is it what’s written in our own time, or also set in our own time? Too much of the latter could mean that

students’ reading confines them narrowly to the here and now. Part of our responsibility as educators is to help our students go beyond the familiar, and to reframe their experience of the world in which they live by introducing them to worlds elsewhere. Their understanding needs to move across time as well as across different places. In considering what these principles imply in practice for the selection and interpretation of texts, this article combines the perspectives of teacher, curriculum designer and

fiction writer.' (Author's abstract)

Last amended 28 Nov 2012 14:15:57
Settings:
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • 1912
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X