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When his precious cache of opals is stolen, fourteen-year-old Ernie, who lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of inland Australia, sets out with a friend determined to find the thief.
Adaptations
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The Fire in the Stone
( dir. Gary Conway
)
Adelaide
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South Australian Film Corporation
,
1983
Z1342606
1983
single work
film/TV
Ernie is a fourteen year old who lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of inland Australia. When his precious cache of opals is stolen, Ernie determinedly sets out with a friend to find the thief.
Notes
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Dedication: To my wife, my companion in the opal country.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Black and White on Black : Whiteness and Masculinity in the Works of Three Australian Writers Thomas Keneally, Colin Thiele, and Patrick White
Tennessee
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2010
Z1891564
2010
single work
thesis
'White depictions of Aborigines in literature have generally been culturally biased. In this study I explore four depictions of Indigenous Australians by white Australian writers. Thomas Keneally's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) depicts a half-caste Aborigine's attempt to enter white society in a racially-antipathetic world that precipitates his ruin. Children's author Colin Thiele develops friendships between white and Aboriginal children in frightening and dangerous landscapes in both Storm Boy (1963) and Fire in the Stone (1973). Nobel laureate Patrick White sets A Fringe of Leaves (1976) in a world in which Ellen Roxburgh's quest for freedom comes only through her captivity by the Aborigines. I use whiteness and masculinity studies as theoretical frameworks in my analysis of these depictions. As invisibility and ordinariness are endemic to white and masculine actions, interrogating these ideological constructions aids in facilitating a better awareness of the racialized stereotypes that exist in Indigenous representations.' (Author's abstract)
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The Outback: In Fear of the Bush
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 71-86) -
Colin Thiele: from Sun to Shadow
1978
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 66 1978; (p. 2-9) -
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards : Judges' Report : 1974
1974
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 52 1974; (p. 3-5) -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 49 1973; (p. 39-40)
— Review of The Fire in the Stone 1973 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 49 1973; (p. 39-40)
— Review of The Fire in the Stone 1973 single work children's fiction -
y
Black and White on Black : Whiteness and Masculinity in the Works of Three Australian Writers Thomas Keneally, Colin Thiele, and Patrick White
Tennessee
:
2010
Z1891564
2010
single work
thesis
'White depictions of Aborigines in literature have generally been culturally biased. In this study I explore four depictions of Indigenous Australians by white Australian writers. Thomas Keneally's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) depicts a half-caste Aborigine's attempt to enter white society in a racially-antipathetic world that precipitates his ruin. Children's author Colin Thiele develops friendships between white and Aboriginal children in frightening and dangerous landscapes in both Storm Boy (1963) and Fire in the Stone (1973). Nobel laureate Patrick White sets A Fringe of Leaves (1976) in a world in which Ellen Roxburgh's quest for freedom comes only through her captivity by the Aborigines. I use whiteness and masculinity studies as theoretical frameworks in my analysis of these depictions. As invisibility and ordinariness are endemic to white and masculine actions, interrogating these ideological constructions aids in facilitating a better awareness of the racialized stereotypes that exist in Indigenous representations.' (Author's abstract)
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The Outback: In Fear of the Bush
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 71-86) -
Colin Thiele: from Sun to Shadow
1978
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 66 1978; (p. 2-9) -
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards : Judges' Report : 1974
1974
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 52 1974; (p. 3-5)
Awards
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Subjects:
- Coober Pedy, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
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