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Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Apprentices
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'When Barney O'Dowd starts work in post-war Sydney, he finds it a very lonely place. His parents are dead, and soon his dreams centre on the girl he sees each morning passing the window of his bed sitting room on her way to work. How he gets to know Nancy and the story of their courtship and marriage is only part of Barney's apprenticeship in living. There is also the world of the factory, often rough and cruel but with a fine sense of comradeship. This novel ... is about the lives of ordinary people. In the course of it Barney and Nancy grow up to face responsibility and to experience both the joys and tragedies of life, and to learn to have the courage to go on, whatever may happen.' (Source: 1965 Angus and Robertson edition)

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  • Dedication: This book is / for Doreen

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Recent Novels Michael Wilding , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 58-62)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; The Hero of Too David Martin , 1965 single work novel ; No Love Lost Patricia Rolfe , 1965 single work novel
Untitled Scrutarius , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 32 no. 2 1966; (p. 40)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel
Untitled L. V. Kepert , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 September 1965; (p. 20)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel
New Novels John McLaren , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1965-1966) no. 33 1965; (p. 43-45)

— Review of A Waste of Shame George Turner , 1965 single work novel ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; The Hero of Too David Martin , 1965 single work novel ; The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel ; The Empty Street : Stories Peter Cowan , 1965 selected work short story
New Novels John McLaren , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1965-1966) no. 33 1965; (p. 43-45)

— Review of A Waste of Shame George Turner , 1965 single work novel ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; The Hero of Too David Martin , 1965 single work novel ; The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel ; The Empty Street : Stories Peter Cowan , 1965 selected work short story
Untitled L. V. Kepert , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 September 1965; (p. 20)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel
Untitled Scrutarius , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 32 no. 2 1966; (p. 40)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel
Recent Novels Michael Wilding , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 58-62)

— Review of The Apprentices D'Arcy Niland , 1965 single work novel ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; The Hero of Too David Martin , 1965 single work novel ; No Love Lost Patricia Rolfe , 1965 single work novel
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