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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Magpie Boy
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Dreenee is an Aboriginal boy who is captured by a white family, learns their customs, and escapes with the help of the magpies. ( from Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature)

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y separately published work icon Manganinnie Beth Roberts , South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1979 Z1054691 1979 single work novel historical fiction young adult

During the black drive of 1830, Manganinnie, an old Aboriginal woman, becomes separated from her tribe. Alone, she waits, seeking comfort from her firestick. Dremereeene, the ancestral spirit, sends her something precious to care for and love. (Libraries Australia)
Manganinnie Sequel, at Last 1989 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 27 July 1989; (p. 5)
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Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 5 no. 2 1990; (p. 33)
— Review of Magpie Boy Beth Roberts , 1989 single work novel
Untitled Lee Finkelstein , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 2 1990; (p. 25)
— Review of Magpie Boy Beth Roberts , 1989 single work novel
Manganinnie Sequel, at Last 1989 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 27 July 1989; (p. 5)
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 5 no. 2 1990; (p. 33)
— Review of Magpie Boy Beth Roberts , 1989 single work novel
Untitled Lee Finkelstein , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 2 1990; (p. 25)
— Review of Magpie Boy Beth Roberts , 1989 single work novel
Manganinnie Sequel, at Last 1989 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 27 July 1989; (p. 5)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (3)
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  • Tasmania,
  • 1800-1810
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