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y separately published work icon The Shearer's Colt single work   novel  
  • Author:agent A. B. Paterson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/paterson-a-b-banjo
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 The Shearer's Colt
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'The Shearer's Colt is the story of Hilton Fitzroy, an upper-class Londoner trying to find his feet in the frontier state of Queensland. He falls into the job of 'seckitary' for Red Fred, a shearer who struck it lucky in the gold mines and now wants help spending his millions...' (Publisher's blurb, 2009 Viking edition.)

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The Man Who Kept His Hat On : The Novels of 'Banjo' Paterson Adrian Mitchell , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 54-56)
Untitled 1936 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 1 August 1936; (p. 46)

— Review of The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel
New Australian Books Frederick T. Macartney , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 August vol. 8 no. 8 1936; (p. 117-118)

— Review of The Dark Thread Capel Boake , 1936 single work novel ; The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel ; When Cobb and Co. was King Will Lawson , 1936 single work novel ; The Bridle Track J. J. Hardie , 1936 single work novel ; Sheba Lane Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1932 single work novel
A Satchel of Books C. M. , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 57 no. 2945 1936; (p. 4)

— Review of The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel
New Australian Books Frederick T. Macartney , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 August vol. 8 no. 8 1936; (p. 117-118)

— Review of The Dark Thread Capel Boake , 1936 single work novel ; The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel ; When Cobb and Co. was King Will Lawson , 1936 single work novel ; The Bridle Track J. J. Hardie , 1936 single work novel ; Sheba Lane Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1932 single work novel
Untitled 1936 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 1 August 1936; (p. 46)

— Review of The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel
A Satchel of Books C. M. , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 57 no. 2945 1936; (p. 4)

— Review of The Shearer's Colt A. B. Paterson , 1936 single work novel
The Man Who Kept His Hat On : The Novels of 'Banjo' Paterson Adrian Mitchell , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 54-56)
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