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A group of bush children, with an Aboriginal friend as tracker, set out in pursuit of horse thieves who have stolen their father's valuable mare.
Adaptations
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form
y
Bush Christmas
Prince and the Great Race
( dir. Henri Safran
)
Perth
:
Barron Entertainment
,
1983
Z1439795
1983
single work
film/TV
children's
adventure
'Based on the Rank Organisation's 1947 Australian classic of the same name, the film, set in the early 1950s outback Queensland, tells the story of a family's struggle to keep their homestead and of two bumbling thieves who steal their race-winning horse, which represents their main chance of survival.'
Source: National Film and Sound Archive
Notes
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Subtitle: A Film Story Retold
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This novel is a retelling of the 1947 film Bush Christmas, original screenplay by Ralph Smart. The novel itself was substantially revised and reissued in 1980. Another film was made based on the reissued novel in 1983 with a screenplay by Ted Roberts.
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A 1959 Indonesian edition of this book (Pakansi Adjain), in the form of a story and comic strip, is listed in Australian Children's Books : A Bibliography (Volume One 1774-1972) (1992). A copy is held at the Mitchell Library.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording (Revised version).
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 79 1981; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Bush Christmas 1947 single work children's fiction -
Combating the Sag
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 28 1981; (p. 49-50)
— Review of The Lilly-Pilly 1979 single work children's fiction ; Bush Christmas 1947 single work children's fiction ; Night Outside 1979 single work children's fiction ; Paint a Dream 1980 single work children's fiction ; The Kumul Feathers 1979 single work children's fiction ; Marty Hollitt and the Amazing Game Machine 1979 single work children's fiction ; Blue Ridge Summer 1979 single work children's fiction ; Peppino Says Goodbye 1980 single work children's fiction ; Nini 1979 single work children's fiction ; Kate and the Runaway Granny 1980 single work children's fiction
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Combating the Sag
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 28 1981; (p. 49-50)
— Review of The Lilly-Pilly 1979 single work children's fiction ; Bush Christmas 1947 single work children's fiction ; Night Outside 1979 single work children's fiction ; Paint a Dream 1980 single work children's fiction ; The Kumul Feathers 1979 single work children's fiction ; Marty Hollitt and the Amazing Game Machine 1979 single work children's fiction ; Blue Ridge Summer 1979 single work children's fiction ; Peppino Says Goodbye 1980 single work children's fiction ; Nini 1979 single work children's fiction ; Kate and the Runaway Granny 1980 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 79 1981; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Bush Christmas 1947 single work children's fiction
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