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Is part of Longtime Books Hesba Brinsmead , 1971 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Once There Was a Swagman
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'During the Depression in Australia an old swagman, Mr Brodie, stays at the Truelance farm for a while and is befriended by nine-year-old Teddy.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1981 .
      Extent: 65p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 014031413X
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In the Wildlands Hesba Brinsmead , 1983 extract children's fiction (Once There Was a Swagman)
— Appears in: Oz : Australian Stories, Humour and Poetry 1983; (p. 66-75)
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Swaggies and Maggies Belle Y. Alderman , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 December 1981;
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction
Children's Book Survey Margaret Dunkle , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban David Martin , 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle Gwenda Smyth , 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies Keith Garvey , 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees Doug MacLeod , 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World Michael Dugan , 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing Hesba Brinsmead , 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird Jiri Tibor Novak , 1981 single work picture book ; Terri Dianne Bates , 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster Quentin Hole , 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : An Exciting Science Fiction Adventure Margaret Pearce , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book Rodney David Martin , 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island Colin Thiele , 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! Rodney David Martin , 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. Osmar E. White , 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds Mary Small , 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing Joan Phipson , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum Jean Chapman , 1981 single work children's fiction
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision Walter McVitty , 1981 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157)
Why There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1980 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 76 1980; (p. 9-10)
Untitled Joan Cramond , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 74 1980; (p. 28)
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction
Children's Book Survey Margaret Dunkle , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban David Martin , 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle Gwenda Smyth , 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies Keith Garvey , 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees Doug MacLeod , 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World Michael Dugan , 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing Hesba Brinsmead , 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird Jiri Tibor Novak , 1981 single work picture book ; Terri Dianne Bates , 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster Quentin Hole , 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : An Exciting Science Fiction Adventure Margaret Pearce , 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book Rodney David Martin , 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island Colin Thiele , 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! Rodney David Martin , 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. Osmar E. White , 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds Mary Small , 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing Joan Phipson , 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum Jean Chapman , 1981 single work children's fiction
Swaggies and Maggies Belle Y. Alderman , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 December 1981;
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction
Untitled Joan Cramond , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 74 1980; (p. 28)
— Review of Once There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1979 single work children's fiction
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision Walter McVitty , 1981 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157)
Why There Was a Swagman Hesba Brinsmead , 1980 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 76 1980; (p. 9-10)
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  • 1930s
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