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She Rides Astride : Mateship, Morality and the Outback-Colonial Girl
2013
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— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies , vol. 18 no. 1 2013; (p. 28-39)'This article focuses on the representation of girlhood, gender and mateship particular to Australia, and to a lesser extent New Zealand, within the context of an emerging nationalism, social change and political upheaval. In it, I apply an illustrator’s perspective to interrogating the cultural significance of Mary Grant Bruce’s iconic outback heroine, Norah of Billabong Station. By comparatively examining Norah’s sequential representation in the narrative text, and the illustrations produced by John MacFarlane, I argue Bruce and her little-known, and rarely discussed immigrant illustrator combined to create an ideal and national type that was counter to anything that had been created for colonial girl readers before.' (Author's abstract)
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Know the Author : Maurice Saxby
1993
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 8 no. 2 1993; (p. 15-17) -
[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1970; (p. 17)
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Saxby at Last
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 34 1969; (p. 43, 45-47)
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[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September vol. 8 no. 11 1969; (p. 248-249)
— Review of A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941 1969 reference criticism
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[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 September 1969; (p. 21)
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[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 1969; (p. 18)
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[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , (1969-1970) vol. 24 no. 1969; (p. 184)
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[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September vol. 8 no. 11 1969; (p. 248-249)
— Review of A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941 1969 reference criticism -
[Review] A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1970; (p. 17)
— Review of A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941 1969 reference criticism -
Know the Author : Maurice Saxby
1993
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 8 no. 2 1993; (p. 15-17) -
She Rides Astride : Mateship, Morality and the Outback-Colonial Girl
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies , vol. 18 no. 1 2013; (p. 28-39)'This article focuses on the representation of girlhood, gender and mateship particular to Australia, and to a lesser extent New Zealand, within the context of an emerging nationalism, social change and political upheaval. In it, I apply an illustrator’s perspective to interrogating the cultural significance of Mary Grant Bruce’s iconic outback heroine, Norah of Billabong Station. By comparatively examining Norah’s sequential representation in the narrative text, and the illustrations produced by John MacFarlane, I argue Bruce and her little-known, and rarely discussed immigrant illustrator combined to create an ideal and national type that was counter to anything that had been created for colonial girl readers before.' (Author's abstract)