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Adaptations
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form
y
The River Kings
ABC Television
(publisher),
( dir. Donald Crombie
)
Australia
:
ABC Television
Prospect Productions
,
1991
Z924020
1991
single work
film/TV
children's
In the 1920s, Shawn Hofner is growing to manhood, while battling to survive and save his family from poverty. In order to help bring in money, he leaves the family farm to take a job working on the steamboat The Lazy Jane.
Notes
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Prequel to Conquest of the River
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Also published in sound recording format.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains a Chinese cook.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The River Kings
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 18 no. 2006; (p. 111)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 52)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction -
Stream of Thought
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 December 2004; (p. 3) -
Untitled
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 25 1966; (p. 20)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction
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The River Kings
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 18 no. 2006; (p. 111)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 52)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 25 1966; (p. 20)
— Review of The River Kings 1966 single work children's fiction -
Stream of Thought
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 December 2004; (p. 3)
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — South Australia
- 1967 commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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