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'On a fateful day in Hills End, a timber-milling town in the mountains of Victoria, seven children and their teacher set off to explore caves in the nearby mountains said to contain ancient Aboriginal rock art. While they are deep inside the mountain caves a storm of tremendous violence all but sweeps the town away and threatens to leave them stranded on the mountain.
'Tackling flooded creeks and washed out paths and fallen trees, the children make their way back to Hills End injured and exhausted, only to face a new battle to survive in the denuded town. ' (Publication summary)
Exhibitions
Adaptations
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form
y
Hills End
( dir. Di Drew
)
Australia
:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
1988
7257633
1988
series - publisher
film/TV
adventure
children's
'An action adventure story in which a storm isolates a group of children from their families and devastates the small town of Hills End. The children are forced to face adversity and hardship and confront the problem of survival.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 16/4/2014)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Children’s Books a Healing Tool
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16) -
Thank You, Mr Cummings
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 26) Jane Pearson recalls her year in Grade Three during which her teacher, Mr Cummings, read to the class each morning. One of the books read was Ivan Southall's Hills End. Nearly forty years later, Pearson selected the book to be part of the 'Text Classics' series. -
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Hills End 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fictionReviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
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Ivan Southall : Wounding and Regeneration
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 233-265)
-
Writers Who Shaped Our Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Hills End 1962 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! 1968 single work children's fiction ; They Found a Cave 1948 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fictionReviews of the Text Classics editions of The Watcher in the Garden, I Own the Racecourse!, Hills End and They Found a Cave.
-
Ivan Southall : Wounding and Regeneration
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 233-265) -
Thank You, Mr Cummings
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 26) Jane Pearson recalls her year in Grade Three during which her teacher, Mr Cummings, read to the class each morning. One of the books read was Ivan Southall's Hills End. Nearly forty years later, Pearson selected the book to be part of the 'Text Classics' series. -
Children’s Books a Healing Tool
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2014; (p. 16)
