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Jack and Hugh Thornley go to visit their Uncle Tom, who has offered to pay for Hugh's passage to Australia. Uncle Tom made his fortune in Australia and returned to England after 20 years where he bought a fine estate but maintains an Australian bush hut on its grounds. Hugh accepts the offer to head to Australia and sets sail on the 'Saucy Jane', where he is introduced to Mr Munro and Charles Vernon. Hugh stays as a guest at The Munros' property and is given a taste of bush life, meeting indigenous Australians, and partaking in a kangaroo hunt. He continues to stay on working at the station and becomes an accomplished bushman.
On his 21st birthday Hugh is given sheep on the request of his uncle, and by Mr Munro, and sent to one of Mr Munro's other properties, Wooloo-Wooloo, to help set up and manage the station. Jack has travelled out to Australia and accompanies his brother to Wooloo-Wooloo. The co-owner of Wooloo-Wooloo, Mr Robson on arrives and intends to stay on with Jack, while Mr Munro offers Hugh the chance of looking after Tarwonga while they return to England. The Munros stay on in England and give Jack the lease with the prospect to buy Thawwonga after 20 years, which he accepts and makes him suitable to marry Lucy Brookton, the daughter of a neighbouring property owner. Hugh, Jack and Charles become successful farmers and all their properties become prosperous.
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First published in Boys Own Paper, 1889-1890.
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Users are warned that this work contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that are considered inappropriate today.
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Re-Reading Representations of Indigenality in Australian Children's Literature : A History
St Lucia
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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
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2009
Z1445073
2006
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Australian children's literature has a history of excluding Indigenous child readers and positioning non-Indigenous readers as the subject. Rather then portray such literature, particularly before the 1950s, as simply racist or stereotypical, it argues that it is important for teachers, of all students, to help readers understand how nationalist or white Australian myths were constructed on Indigenous land and knowledges. (Author's Abstract). This article includes discussion of English works depicting Australian life and themes.
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y
Re-Reading Representations of Indigenality in Australian Children's Literature : A History
St Lucia
:
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
,
2009
Z1445073
2006
single work
criticism
Australian children's literature has a history of excluding Indigenous child readers and positioning non-Indigenous readers as the subject. Rather then portray such literature, particularly before the 1950s, as simply racist or stereotypical, it argues that it is important for teachers, of all students, to help readers understand how nationalist or white Australian myths were constructed on Indigenous land and knowledges. (Author's Abstract). This article includes discussion of English works depicting Australian life and themes.
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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