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A 'satire of modern Australian life, with settings ranging from Sydney to the Gold Coast of Queensland'. The story focuses on the comic 'efforts of the protagonist, Clem Bird, to escape the bonds of respectability, a job, matrimony and the social ambitions of his North Shore mother'.
(Sources: Murphy Women Writers and Australia, 1988; The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 1994.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Birds and Bushwackers
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang 1965 single work novel
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Birds and Bushwackers
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang 1965 single work novel
Last amended 8 Jun 2007 11:44:13
