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Every year Matthew goes with the other families of Cape Barren and kills muttonbirds for money. An encounter with a conservationist who has been banding the birds for years causes Matthew to question this practice.
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Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 87 1983; (p. 55)
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
A muttonbird aiming at the sound barrier
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 14 November 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Surprise Packages for Parents
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Local Flavor for Children
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Among the birders
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 August 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction
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Children's Book Survey
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird 1981 single work picture book ; Terri 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : An Exciting Science Fiction Adventure 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum 1981 single work children's fiction -
Birding Began to Feel Like Murder
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 July 1981; (p. 47)
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Among the birders
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 August 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Local Flavor for Children
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction -
Surprise Packages for Parents
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 1981;
— Review of Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction
Last amended 30 Dec 2017 16:45:56
Settings:
- Cape Barren Island, Bass Strait Islands, Tasmania,
- Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
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