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y separately published work icon A Bunch of Ratbags single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 A Bunch of Ratbags
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y separately published work icon A Bunch of Ratbags Don Battye , Peter Pinne , Peter Pinne (composer), 1966 (Manuscript version)x401206 Z924031 1966 single work musical theatre

Rock chamber musical.

Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by William Dick, which had been serialised in the Australian, this musical drama has been described as a study of life among the bodgies, widgies and wild ones in Melbourne's western suburbs during the mid to late 1950s. The story centres around a young man, Terry Cooke, who is the leader of a bodgie gang. He fights with his parents, the law and his widgie girlfriends, before eventually making his escape from this environment with the help of a "good" girl from the other side of the tracks.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Also published in braille and as sound recordings.
    • London,
      c
      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins ,
      1965 .
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      Extent: 319p.p.
      Note/s:
      • With an introduction by Morris West.
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1984 .
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      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Morris West
      • port

Works about this Work

The City : The Crumbling Bulwark Pablo Armellino , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 189-244)
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags H. M. W. , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 107)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags L. V. Kepert , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 October 1965; (p. 17)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags Neil Jillett , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 1965; (p. 22)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags Clive Kelly , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 September 1965; (p. 16)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags H. M. W. , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 107)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
A Bunch of Ratbags Bill Kent , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1965-1966) no. 33 1965; (p. 48-49)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] The Time of the Peacock Nancy Keesing , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 4 no. 12 1965; (p. 225)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel ; The Time of the Peacock : Stories Mena Abdullah , Ray Mathew , 1965 selected work short story
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags Clive Kelly , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 September 1965; (p. 16)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags Neil Jillett , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 1965; (p. 22)

— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags William Charles Dick , 1965 single work novel
The City : The Crumbling Bulwark Pablo Armellino , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 189-244)
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