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'What does it take to become a hero?
'Albert has escaped from the Adelaide Zoo to go in search of the "old Australia", somewhere in the desert, north of Adelaide, a "Promised Land" that he's heard so much about from other animals. Unusually, Albert is a duck-billed platypus.
'Four days north of Alice Springs and carrying nothing other than an old, almost empty soft-drink bottle, Albert has no idea where he's going. One thing he does know, though, if he doesn't find water fast, he's going to be in all sorts of trouble. But when all seems lost, he comes across a wombat by a campfire who offers him a cup of tea.
'And so begins Albert's adventures, during which he meets two drunk, wise-cracking bandicoots (Roger and Alvin), a wrestling Tasmanian Devil (called Muldoon), escapes from a burning hotel (set alight by his good friend the pyromaniac wombat Jack) after a very lucky streak at two-up, and runs for his life from the dingoes.
'Charming, funny and entrancing, Albert of Adelaide is a novel of mateship, adventure and honour.' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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How Much Can a Platypus Bear?
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21-22 July 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
More Surreal than Fur Real in 'Old Australia' Allegory
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 14 July 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel
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Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 14 July 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
More Surreal than Fur Real in 'Old Australia' Allegory
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21-22 July 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel -
How Much Can a Platypus Bear?
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Albert of Adelaide 2012 single work novel
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- Northern Territory,
- South Australia,