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Ninon Phillips Ninon Phillips i(A51201 works by)
Also writes as: Ninon Neil and Jim
Born: Established: 1922 Hawthorn, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Geebung Polo Club A. B. Paterson , Ninon Phillips (illustrator), Heidelberg West : Dorr-McLeod Publishing , 1984 Z1383888 1984 single work picture book children's

'"In 1886, a ballad published in the Bulletin magazine carried the rather lengthy title, 'A Dream of the Melbourne Cup: a long way after Gordon'; the name of the poet underneath, however, was more succinct - "The Banjo". Under that same pseudonym, Andrew Barton Paterson was to have a host of poems published in the Bulletin, culminating in a one volume collection of those poems in 1895. The book was an outstanding success, selling 10,000 copies in the first year alone. In the history of Australian publishing it still remains one of the greatest bestsellers.

'"Unfortunately, the acclaim and accolades of artists comes more from the heart and voice than pocket, and Paterson was forced to follow a variety of professions to exist. He soon foresook law for journalism, first as a war correspondent in China and London; Editor back in his homeland, until the Great War saw him as an ambulance driver in its midst.

"Paterson died in 1941, leaving a vast collection willed to the world. Historians and academics can write of Paterson's contribution to the establishment of a distinctively Australian literary culture; but only the public can bear true testimony to his special place as bush balladeer."' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Nobody Ninon Neil and Jim , Ninon Phillips (illustrator), Neil McLeod (illustrator), Heidelberg : Dorr-McLeod Publishing , 1984 Z1041002 1984 single work picture book children's Nobody has a problem: he wants to be important, to become a 'somebody'. As an orphaned skeleton the task is not simple, but he sets out with his friend Shrug to see what the world can offer him in his search.
1 y separately published work icon The Poems of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Waterloo : Australian Universities Press , 1975 Z126496 1975 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Koalas Elizabeth Mackie , Ninon Phillips (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 Z835855 1973 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon The Chincha and Other Poems for Children Andrew Merry , Maryborough : Andrew Merry , 1944 Z1146399 1944 selected work poetry children's humour
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