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'Fiction set in wartime Australia published to coincide with 50th anniversary of attack on Darwin.'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Reality Bites : The Impact of the Second World War on the Australian Home Front in Maria Gardner's Blood Stained Wattle and Robin Sheiner's Smile, the War Is Over
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 23 no. 1 2009; (p. 49-55) 'Threats to national safety have captured the imagination of few novelists: to date, only Maria Gardner's Blood Stained Wattle (1992) and Robin Sheiner's Smile, the War is Over (1983) have appeared. While both of these writers draw heavily upon military and political history to tell their stories, Gardner derives much of her material from a diary her father, Colin Gray Gardner, kept of his experiences during and after the bombing of Darwin, and Sheiner, who was a child during the war in Perth, supplements her memories of the period with letters from and formal interviews with those who were alive at the time.' -
Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 1992; (p. 24)
— Review of Blood Stained Wattle 1992 single work novel ; The Ancestor Game 1992 single work novel -
Outsider Outruns Veterans
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 March 1992; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Chief of Staff 1991 single work novel ; Flying Low : A Novel 1992 single work novel ; Blood Stained Wattle 1992 single work novel
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Outsider Outruns Veterans
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 March 1992; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Chief of Staff 1991 single work novel ; Flying Low : A Novel 1992 single work novel ; Blood Stained Wattle 1992 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 1992; (p. 24)
— Review of Blood Stained Wattle 1992 single work novel ; The Ancestor Game 1992 single work novel -
Reality Bites : The Impact of the Second World War on the Australian Home Front in Maria Gardner's Blood Stained Wattle and Robin Sheiner's Smile, the War Is Over
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 23 no. 1 2009; (p. 49-55) 'Threats to national safety have captured the imagination of few novelists: to date, only Maria Gardner's Blood Stained Wattle (1992) and Robin Sheiner's Smile, the War is Over (1983) have appeared. While both of these writers draw heavily upon military and political history to tell their stories, Gardner derives much of her material from a diary her father, Colin Gray Gardner, kept of his experiences during and after the bombing of Darwin, and Sheiner, who was a child during the war in Perth, supplements her memories of the period with letters from and formal interviews with those who were alive at the time.'
Last amended 7 May 2020 10:42:48
Subjects:
- Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,
Settings:
- 1940s
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