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Issue Details: First known date: 1911... 1911 Fairy Tales Told in the Bush
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A collection of fairy tales for Australian children, including an indigenous story about the origin of the Yarra Yarra, told to the author by King Barak. In her preface, the author explains that these tales were motivated by her experiences in Melbourne in the 1860s.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Elliot Stock , 1911 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Little Man Is Brown, Or the Boy Who Lived, 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's (p. [2]-17)
The Magic Gun, 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's (p. 20-28)
The Underground Lake, 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's (p. 30-47)
The Origin of the Yarra Yarra (Ever-Flowing), 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story (p. 50-57)
For-Get-Me-Not, 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's (p. 60-72)
Note: Title note: Table of contents title: Forget-Me-Not
The Palace of Truth, 'Sister Agnes' , single work children's fiction children's (p. 74-95)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Digital Curation, AustLit, and Australian Children's Literature Amy Cross , Cherie Allan , Kerry Kilner , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: International Research in Children's Literature , July vol. 12 no. 1 2019; (p. 1-17)

'This paper examines the effects of curatorial processes used to develop children's literature digital research projects in the bibliographic database AustLit. Through AustLit's emphasis on contextualising individual works within cultural, biographical, and critical spaces, Australia's literary history is comprehensively represented in a unique digital humanities space. Within AustLit is BlackWords, a project dedicated to recording Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, publishing, and literary cultural history, including children's and young adult texts. Children's literature has received significant attention in AustLit (and BlackWords) over the last decade through three projects that are documented in this paper. The curation of this data highlights the challenges in presenting ‘national’ literatures in countries where minority voices were (and perhaps continue to be) repressed and unseen. This paper employs a ‘resourceful reading’ approach – both close and distant reading methods – to trace the complex and ever-evolving definition of ‘Australian children's literature’.'

Source: EUP.

Told in the Bush Lucy Sussex , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: The Griffith Review , no. 42 2013; (p. 245-252)
Lucy Sussex investigates the identity little-known Australian author, 'Sister Agnes'.
An Australian Authoress 1911 single work column
— Appears in: The Fitzroy City Press , 17 March 1911; (p. [2])
Told in the Bush Lucy Sussex , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: The Griffith Review , no. 42 2013; (p. 245-252)
Lucy Sussex investigates the identity little-known Australian author, 'Sister Agnes'.
An Australian Authoress 1911 single work column
— Appears in: The Fitzroy City Press , 17 March 1911; (p. [2])
Digital Curation, AustLit, and Australian Children's Literature Amy Cross , Cherie Allan , Kerry Kilner , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: International Research in Children's Literature , July vol. 12 no. 1 2019; (p. 1-17)

'This paper examines the effects of curatorial processes used to develop children's literature digital research projects in the bibliographic database AustLit. Through AustLit's emphasis on contextualising individual works within cultural, biographical, and critical spaces, Australia's literary history is comprehensively represented in a unique digital humanities space. Within AustLit is BlackWords, a project dedicated to recording Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, publishing, and literary cultural history, including children's and young adult texts. Children's literature has received significant attention in AustLit (and BlackWords) over the last decade through three projects that are documented in this paper. The curation of this data highlights the challenges in presenting ‘national’ literatures in countries where minority voices were (and perhaps continue to be) repressed and unseen. This paper employs a ‘resourceful reading’ approach – both close and distant reading methods – to trace the complex and ever-evolving definition of ‘Australian children's literature’.'

Source: EUP.

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