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'Australian history, post European settlement, would be nothing without crime. But in one part of the nation they like to keep their crimes secret. South Australia was founded as a nineteenth century middle-class utopia, free of the convict contagion which tainted other Australian colonies. But between 1880 and 1891 this 'enlightened' society implemented a barbaric penal solution - incarcerating 'delinquent' boys aged 6 to 16 on a prison ship moored off the South Australian coast.
'The Hulk is the story of those boys living on the hulk Fitzjames, whose voices have been hidden from history. Simon Robb delves back into the historical sources and uses contemporary interviews to make the boys speak again, uncovering the terrible stories of a truly Australian secret history.' (Publication summary)
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[Review Essay] The Hulk
2006
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: API Review of Books , January no. 40 2006;
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel'Simon Robb's The Hulk is engaged in multitasking and to read it is to engage in multiskilling. To open its pages is to read fiction, specifically the Gothic genre (or perhaps we should say neo-Gothic); to consider history, specifically an aspect of Australia's unreconciled past; and to play with textuality, with writing and reading.' (Introduction)
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[Review] The Hulk
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , November no. 39 2005;
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel -
The Hulk
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 244 2004; (p. 27)
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel -
Barbaric Prison Ship for Our Boys
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 November 2003; (p. 46)
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The Hulk
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 244 2004; (p. 27)
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel -
[Review] The Hulk
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , November no. 39 2005;
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel -
[Review Essay] The Hulk
2006
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: API Review of Books , January no. 40 2006;
— Review of The Hulk 2003 single work novel'Simon Robb's The Hulk is engaged in multitasking and to read it is to engage in multiskilling. To open its pages is to read fiction, specifically the Gothic genre (or perhaps we should say neo-Gothic); to consider history, specifically an aspect of Australia's unreconciled past; and to play with textuality, with writing and reading.' (Introduction)
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Barbaric Prison Ship for Our Boys
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 November 2003; (p. 46)
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- Largs Bay, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,