Born: Established: 1958 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
Australian Rules
Phillip Gwynne
,
Paul Goldman
,
( dir. Paul Goldman
)
Australia
:
Tidy Town Pictures
,
2002
Z931436
2002
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
In Prospect Bay, a remote fishing town in South Australian, the only thing that connects the two communities - the Goonyas (whites) and the Nungas (blacks) - is football. The underlying racism and class warfare threatens to make the team's greatest victories irrelevant, though. Two members of the team, Gary Black (the son of a white fisherman) and Dumby Red (the team's star player), are an exception, however, having been best friends since childhood despite their different cultural and family backgrounds. The jubilation that occurs when the team wins the local premiership is short-lived when Dumby is inexplicably overlooked for the 'best on ground' award. This incident subsequently sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. [Sources: Weekend Australian 22-23 December 2001 pp.14-15 and Australian Screen] |
Indigenous Histories in Film | University of Melbourne | 2009 |
form
y
Australian Rules
Phillip Gwynne
,
Paul Goldman
,
( dir. Paul Goldman
)
Australia
:
Tidy Town Pictures
,
2002
Z931436
2002
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
In Prospect Bay, a remote fishing town in South Australian, the only thing that connects the two communities - the Goonyas (whites) and the Nungas (blacks) - is football. The underlying racism and class warfare threatens to make the team's greatest victories irrelevant, though. Two members of the team, Gary Black (the son of a white fisherman) and Dumby Red (the team's star player), are an exception, however, having been best friends since childhood despite their different cultural and family backgrounds. The jubilation that occurs when the team wins the local premiership is short-lived when Dumby is inexplicably overlooked for the 'best on ground' award. This incident subsequently sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. [Sources: Weekend Australian 22-23 December 2001 pp.14-15 and Australian Screen] |
Representing Aboriginal People, History and Place | University of Technology, Sydney | 2009 |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Youth and Children's Writing | Queensland University of Technology | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Contemporary Children's Texts | Charles Sturt University | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Contemporary Children's Texts | Charles Sturt University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Contemporary Children's Texts | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature, Culture & Society | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature, Culture, and Society | Charles Sturt University | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature, Culture, and Society | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Re-imagining Literature for Young People | Deakin University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Fiction for Young Adults | La Trobe University | 2014 |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Post-colonial Literature for Children | La Trobe University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Youth and Children's Writing | Queensland University of Technology | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Youth and Children's Writing | Queensland University of Technology | 2013 (Semester 1) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Youth and Children's Writing | Queensland University of Technology | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Youth and Children's Writing | Queensland University of Technology | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literary Studies : Literature for 0-18 | University of Canberra | 2009 |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature in the Secondary School Context | University of Queensland | 2009 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature in the Secondary School Context | University of Queensland | 2008 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature in the Secondary School Context | University of Queensland | 2007 (Semester 2) |
y
Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne
,
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Literature in the Secondary School Context | University of Queensland | 2006 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
Swerve
Phillip Gwynne
,
Camberwell
:
Penguin
,
2009
Z1625437
2009
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 1 units)
'One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, his teachers, by everybody, it seems, except Hugh Twycross. 'Hugh has a secret, though: he loves cars and he loves car racing. When his newly discovered grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on a road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HT Monaro, Hugh decides, for once in his life, to do the unexpected. 'As they embark on a journey into the vast and fierce landscape of the Australian interior, Hugh discovers that Poppy has a secret that will unravel both their lives and take them in a direction they never expected.' |
Young Adult Fiction | Macquarie University | 2014 (Session 2) |