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Twelve-year-old Gem lives with her gold-fossicking grandfather at Needy Flat, a rough and poverty-stricken place on the New South Wales central tableland. Orphaned in infancy, Gem has been raised almost entirely by her grandfather, and has had little contact with other children. Gem is bossy and quick and wilful, and she and her grandfather express their mutual affection via playful taunts and banter. Gem and her grandfather decide she should attend school, since her grandfather has taught her all that he can. And so Gem comes to attend the one-teacher school, run by Frank Gray, the new school master, and meet the other students. Meanwhile, a bushranger is on the loose in the vicinity.
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Shaping Girls in an Australian Context : Constance Mackness, Educator and Author (1882-1973)
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 119-134) "Books written for, and read by girls formed an important part of their culture and their perceptions of themselves as female. Women who shaped the texts, helped shape the culture. This paper will examine the construction of gender identity through this significant form of cultural transmission, stories written for girls and young women during the early twentieth century Australia. Contance Mackness's life and work will be used as an example." (Macintyre, Pam, 1999, p.119) -
Constance Mackness : Author, Educationist and Preacher
1926
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— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 14 December vol. 3 no. 3 1926; (p. 10) -
Literary Gossip
1915
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— Appears in: The Leader , 16 January 1915; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction -
Bush Children
1915
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— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 13 January vol. 88 no. 2345 1915; (p. 44)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction -
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1915
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 February vol. 36 no. 1826 1915; (p. 2)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1915
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 February vol. 36 no. 1826 1915; (p. 2)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction -
Bush Children
1915
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 13 January vol. 88 no. 2345 1915; (p. 44)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction -
Literary Gossip
1915
single work
review
— Appears in: The Leader , 16 January 1915; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Gem of the Flat 1914 single work children's fiction -
Shaping Girls in an Australian Context : Constance Mackness, Educator and Author (1882-1973)
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 119-134) "Books written for, and read by girls formed an important part of their culture and their perceptions of themselves as female. Women who shaped the texts, helped shape the culture. This paper will examine the construction of gender identity through this significant form of cultural transmission, stories written for girls and young women during the early twentieth century Australia. Contance Mackness's life and work will be used as an example." (Macintyre, Pam, 1999, p.119) -
Constance Mackness : Author, Educationist and Preacher
1926
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 14 December vol. 3 no. 3 1926; (p. 10)
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