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1y
Bridie's Fire
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2003
Z1077162
2003
single work
children's fiction
children's
historical fiction
(taught in 2 units)
'Bridie's Fire is the tale of a fiery Irish girl who leaves Ireland to find a home for herself in goldrush Australia.
'Bridie's world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean.
'Bridie's Fire is heart-warming story of courage and resilience. It affirms Kirsty Murray's keen understanding of the human spirit. Starting in the 1840s and ending in present-day Australia, The Children of the Wind quartet tells the stories of four courageous young people, Bridie, Billy, Colm and Maeve, born fifty years apart. The central character from each book becomes a mentor to the child in the next.' (Publication summary) -
2y
Becoming Billy Dare
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2004
Z1153574
2004
single work
children's fiction
children's
historical fiction
'Paddy secretly boards a ship bound for Australia, only to be shipwrecked at the end of the voyage. Once rescued, he faces the big question: how is he to make his way in this strange new land? On the road with a travelling circus, on the run with a wild child, sleeping rough on the mean streets of Melbourne, Paddy finds help and friendship with Bridie, and learns to live by his wits. Each adventure brings him closer to discovering his true gift.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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3y
A Prayer for Blue Delaney
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2005
Z1204761
2005
single work
children's fiction
children's
historical fiction
A Prayer for Blue Delaney follows the outback adventures of orphaned Colm, who runs away
from the cruelties of Bindoon Boys' Home in Western Australia and goes in search of a family
of his own. He crosses the wide outback through his travels, from the Western Australian gold
fields (where he stays with an Aboriginal-Australian family) to Melbourne (where Colm is
introduced to the theatre scene and the exciting Olympic Games).(Source: Teacher's Notes, by Kirsty Murray)
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4y
The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2006
Z1305028
2006
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Maeve’s safe world is torn apart when her mother dies in a car crash. Sent to live with her strict Chinese grandparents, she fights to hold onto the things she loves most – her two best friends, her dancing, her baby brother Ned. Secretly she pins her hopes on her Irish father, who doesn’t even know she exists. From Sydney to Surfers, from Hong Kong to Ireland, Maeve searches for a path to follow, a place to belong' (Source: author website).
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Works about this Work
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Representation of Multicultural Australia : Reading Kirsty Murray's the Quartet of The Children of the Wind
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Narratives of Estrangement and Belonging : Indo-Australian Perspectives 2016; (p. 93-110)'Australia is a multicultural nation, having different ethnic groups and communities with different origins, languages and traditions. The process of immigration to Australia began with colonialism and later different immigration policies continued it. It began around eighteen hundred when settlers from the United Kingdom including Ireland came to Australia, as it is put in some of the records, 'A number of European explorers sailed the coast of Australia, then known as New Holland, in the seventeenth century. However, it was not until 1770 that captain James Cook charted the east coast and claimed it for Britain. The new outpost was put to use as penal colony transportation ended in 1868,,,' (Australian history of multiculturalism web) (93)
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Hungry Ghosts : Kirsty Murray's Irish-Australian Children of the Wind Series
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Internationalism in Children's Series 2014; (p. 174-193) -
Australian Idols in Australian History
Andy Christie
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 25 no. 3 2005; (p. 38)
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Australian Idols in Australian History
Andy Christie
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 25 no. 3 2005; (p. 38) -
Hungry Ghosts : Kirsty Murray's Irish-Australian Children of the Wind Series
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Internationalism in Children's Series 2014; (p. 174-193) -
Representation of Multicultural Australia : Reading Kirsty Murray's the Quartet of The Children of the Wind
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Narratives of Estrangement and Belonging : Indo-Australian Perspectives 2016; (p. 93-110)'Australia is a multicultural nation, having different ethnic groups and communities with different origins, languages and traditions. The process of immigration to Australia began with colonialism and later different immigration policies continued it. It began around eighteen hundred when settlers from the United Kingdom including Ireland came to Australia, as it is put in some of the records, 'A number of European explorers sailed the coast of Australia, then known as New Holland, in the seventeenth century. However, it was not until 1770 that captain James Cook charted the east coast and claimed it for Britain. The new outpost was put to use as penal colony transportation ended in 1868,,,' (Australian history of multiculturalism web) (93)
