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Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Road to Gundagai
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This book deals mainly with McInnes's schooldays and culminates with his mother's permanent departure for England in 1930. It is both a sociological study of Melbourne in the 1920s and a vivid re-creation of the joys and fears, humiliations and enthusiasms of childhood. Particularly striking are his portraits of his mother and stepfather, and the intimate, detailed picture of the family's daily life in suburban Malvern.

Notes

  • Dedication: To the memory of my mother and to Nell and Basil Hall

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hamish Hamilton ,       1965 .
      Extent: 285p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Sun Books , 1967 .
      Extent: 309p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hogarth Press ,       1985 .
      Extent: 285p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • New introduction by Canadian author Robertson Davies.
      ISBN: 0701205938
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Two Books, Two Generations of Life Russell Wenholz , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 20 March 2011; (p. 26)
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— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 15 July 2007; (p. 20)
y separately published work icon Momentous Decade : Society and Thought : Australia, 1838-1848 Norman Bartlett , Canberra : 1976 19373512 1976 single work thesis

'In searching for the origins of the Australian ethos it is tempting to regard convicts and "old hands" as the seedbed of Australian political democracy as well as part of the humus that nourished mateship and egalitarianism. While, as Russel Ward documents in The Australian Legend, many Australian social attitudes data back to convict days, the origin of Australian political democracy followed urban English rather than American or Australian frontier patterns.' (Thesis description)
Untitled Scrutarius , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 32 no. 1 1966; (p. 44-46)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Recent Publishing and the Australian Identity Max Harris , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 10 no. 2 1966; (p. 2-6)
— Review of Forty Years' Poems Robert D. FitzGerald , 1965 selected work poetry ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; Day of My Delight : An Anglo-Australian Memoir Martin Boyd , 1965 single work autobiography ; Cock Crow : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1965 selected work poetry ; Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography ; Lettres d'un mineur en Australie Antoine Fauchery , 1857 selected work correspondence biography ; The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Untitled L. V. Kepert , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 June 1965; (p. 15)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
[Review] The Road to Gundagai Ian Mair , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 June 1965; (p. 24)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Untitled Charles Osborne , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , October vol. 5 no. 7 1965; (p. 98-101)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Untitled Hal Porter , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 July vol. 87 no. 4453 1965; (p. 50-51)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Untitled 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 6 May 1965; (p. 347)
— Review of The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Memoir a Magic Read Stephen Wilks , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 15 July 2007; (p. 20)
Two Books, Two Generations of Life Russell Wenholz , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 20 March 2011; (p. 26)
y separately published work icon Momentous Decade : Society and Thought : Australia, 1838-1848 Norman Bartlett , Canberra : 1976 19373512 1976 single work thesis

'In searching for the origins of the Australian ethos it is tempting to regard convicts and "old hands" as the seedbed of Australian political democracy as well as part of the humus that nourished mateship and egalitarianism. While, as Russel Ward documents in The Australian Legend, many Australian social attitudes data back to convict days, the origin of Australian political democracy followed urban English rather than American or Australian frontier patterns.' (Thesis description)
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Last amended 14 Jun 2006 11:46:26
Subjects:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • Cottesloe, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
  • 1919-1934
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