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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton
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It is 1899. Billy Shanghai Hamilton is the Chinese adopted son of two Thursday Island missionaries. When he is kidnapped by blackbirders, he travels across the seas to work in the pearling industry. In secret diary entries, he records his experiences.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Press , 2008 .
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      Extent: 220p.
      ISBN: 9781865048611 (hbk)
      Series: y separately published work icon My Australian Story Scholastic Press (publisher), Gosford : Scholastic Press , 2005- Z1398313 2000 series - publisher children's fiction children's A series of children's books, many of them historical fiction, that each highlight an aspect of Australian experience. Written in diary form.
    • Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,: Scholastic Press , 2012 .
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      Alternative title: Snatched by Pirates
      Extent: 223p.
      ISBN: 9781741698459 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Alison Lawrence , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Anastasia Gonis , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , April no. 3 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Virginia Nugent , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Maureen Mann , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 23 no. 2 2008; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
Second Impressions Anna Ryan-Punch , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 302 2008; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Miss McAllister's Ghost Elizabeth Fensham , 2008 single work novel ; Take It Easy, Danny Allen Phil Cummings , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Noodle Pie Ruth Starke , 2008 single work children's fiction ; White Crane Sandy Fussell , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Missing Kin Michael Pryor , 2008 single work children's fiction
Second Impressions Anna Ryan-Punch , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 302 2008; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Miss McAllister's Ghost Elizabeth Fensham , 2008 single work novel ; Take It Easy, Danny Allen Phil Cummings , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Noodle Pie Ruth Starke , 2008 single work children's fiction ; White Crane Sandy Fussell , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Missing Kin Michael Pryor , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Maureen Mann , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 23 no. 2 2008; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Virginia Nugent , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Anastasia Gonis , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , April no. 3 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Alison Lawrence , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Claw of the Dragon : The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton Patricia Bernard , 2008 single work children's fiction
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Last amended 13 Jul 2018 11:18:47
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
  • Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
  • Arafura Sea, Australian seas,
  • Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
  • Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Top End, Northern Territory,
  • 1899
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