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Marilla North Marilla North i(A19702 works by)
Born: Established: 1945 Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Sunflowering-1973 i "There were sunflowers", Marilla North , single work poetry
1 Yarn Spinners Marilla North , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 29 no. 1 2018; (p. 5)
1 y separately published work icon Come in Dymphna : The Life and Loves of Dymphna Cusack Marilla North , Blackheath : Brandl and Schlesinger , 2017 9834058 2017 single work biography
1 Pioneer of Conservation Marilla North , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Women’s Book Review , vol. 27 no. 1 / 2 2015-2016; (p. 50-58) 'With “conservation” now becoming a key political issue, especially with manoeuvres such as increased rather than restricted off-shore oil drilling, and Gautam Adani’s proposed massive coal mine in Queensland, conservation groups previously seen as focusing upon threatened species are now, in the face of daily warnings, becoming much more assertive about the destruction of earth’s environment that will produce the collapse of the world as we know it—and deploying as many means as necessary, including legal action, to hold it back.' (Introduction)
1 Laying the Foundations of a Writer's Life : Dymphna Cusack (1902-81) Marilla North , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 33-63)

'Dymphna Cusack's books were best-sellers in Australia and more than thirty other countries in the mid to late twentieth century. Radio and television adaptations of her novels and plays reached audiences across three continents. Her works continue to provide a valuable record of people within their cultures engaging with the socio-political issues of the particular time and place. Her two novels that dealt with the impact of World War Two on the lives of ordinary Australians at the Home Front - Come in Spinner (1951) and Southern Steel (1953) - were immediate best-sellers and have never been out of print. Southern Steel brought her legendary status in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley where (in early 1937) she had already earned a reputation as an advocate for the working class. At the opening of the new Cessnock High School she publicly denounced the then Minister for Education for his government's health policies (or lack thereof) vis- -vis malnutrition in the children of the mining families of the Hunter at the height of the Great Depression (North, RN). Come in Spinner was later made into a popular ABC-TV mini-series. Produced in 1989, the DVD has kept its place in the ABC's backlist as a valuable resource in social history classes.'

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1 [Review] The Conversation Marilla North , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 242-246)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel
1 Szulem's Choice Marilla North , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 May 2012; (p. 35)
— Review of Letter from My Father Dasia Black-Gutman , 2012 single work autobiography
1 Vera Deacon : A Pen Portrait Part 1 : 1926–1946 Marilla North , Vera Deacon , 2012 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 38 no. 1 & 2 2012; (p. 158-185)
1 Untitled Marilla North , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 2 2009; (p. 222-231)
— Review of Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009 anthology criticism
1 Jill Roe, Stella Miles Franklin : A Biography Marilla North , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 1 2009; (p. 269-273)
— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
1 Brigid Rooney, Literary Activists : Writer-Intellectuals and Australian Public-Life Marilla North , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 1 2009; (p. 262-268)
— Review of Literary Activists : Australian Writer-Intellectuals and Public Life Brigid Rooney , 2009 multi chapter work criticism
1 The Mulberry Tree i "In summer...", Marilla North , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 119)
1 Untitled Marilla North , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 38 no. 129 2007; (p. 196-197)
— Review of Ida Leeson : A Life Sylvia Martin , 2006 single work biography
1 Bound for the Bush Marilla North , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 October no. 5403 2006; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006 anthology criticism
1 y separately published work icon Social Alternatives vol. 24 no. 2 Second Quarter Elizabeth Webby (editor), Marilla North (editor), 2005 Z1222329 2005 periodical issue
1 Blue Mountains Journey 2003 i "New Year's Eve", Marilla North , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 30 no. 1 2004; (p. 249-250)
1 Cultural Crossings Marilla North , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 15 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography
1 Dymphna Cusack (1902-1981) Marilla North , 2002 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Writers, 1915-1950 2002; (p. 52-62)
1 Landscape and Memoir Marilla North , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Roundabout at Bangalow : An Intimate Chronicle Shirley Walker , 2001 single work autobiography
1 In Mother's Shadow Marilla North , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 24 November 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of Roundabout at Bangalow : An Intimate Chronicle Shirley Walker , 2001 single work autobiography
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