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All The Proud Tribesmen
''All the Proud Tribesmen'' (1959) is a children's novel by Australian author Kylie Tennant, illustrated by Clem Seale. The book won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1960. Book summary The book tells the story of a 12-year-old boy from an imaginary island in the Torres Strait and of a volcanic disaster that drives the local fishing and pearl-diving population to migrate to a neighbouring island. Critical reception E.B. in ''The Canberra Times'' was brief: "Written for children Miss Tennant's new work of fiction is an intelligent story of the missionary stage of the changing pattern of social living for the island people of our near north." As was the reviewer in ''Kirkus Reviews'': "Kylie Tennant tells a good story and enriches it with a vivid picture of the islands and the men who inhabit them." See also * 1959 in Australian literature * 1960 in Australian literature External links ''All the Proud Tribesmen''at the Open Library Open Library is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Tennant
Kathleen Kylie Tennant AO (; 12 March 1912 – 28 February 1988) was an Australian novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer, and historian. Early life and career Tennant was born in Manly, New South Wales; she was educated at Brighton College in Manly and Sydney University, though she left without graduating. She was a publicity officer for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, as well as working as a journalist, union organiser, reviewer (for ''The Sydney Morning Herald''), a publisher's literary adviser and editor, and a member of the Commonwealth Literary Fund advisory board. She married L. C. Rodd in 1933; they had two children (a daughter, Benison, in 1946 and a son, John Laurence, in 1951). Her work was known for its well-researched, realistic, yet positive portrayals of the lives of the underprivileged in Australia. In a video interview filmed in 1986, three years before her death, for the Australia Council's Archival Film Series, Tennant told h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm would soon establish itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian era children’s literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others. History Macmillan was founded in London in 1843 by Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Older Readers
Older is the comparative form of "old". It may also refer to: Music: * ''Older'' (album), the third studio album from George Michael (released in 1996) ** "Older" (George Michael song) * "Older", a song on the 1999 album ''Long Tall Weekend'' by They Might Be Giants * “Older” a song by 5 Seconds Of Summer from 5SOS5 * "Older" (Royseven song), Royseven's 2006 debut single * "Older" (Ben Platt song), a song by Ben Platt from his 2019 album ''Sing to Me Instead'', also covered by Cliff Richard in his 2020 album '' Music... The Air That I Breathe'' * "Older", a song on the 2007 album ''Coco'' by Colbie Caillat People: * Airin Older, American rock band Sugarcult's bass guitarist and supporting vocalist * Charles Older (1917-2006), American World War II flying ace and judge in the Charles Manson trial *Daniel José Older, American fantasy writer and young adult fiction writer * Fremont Older (1856–1935), American newspaperman and editor See also * Konrad IV the Older Konrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Strait
The Torres Strait (), also known as Zenadh Kes, is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the Australian mainland. To the north is the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the Spanish navigator Luís Vaz de Torres, who sailed through the strait in 1606. Prehistory The islands of the Torres Strait have been inhabited by humans for at least 2,500 years and possibly much longer. The various Torres Strait Islander communities have a unique culture and long-standing history with the islands and nearby coastlines. Their maritime-based trade and interactions with the Papuans to the north and the Australian Aboriginal communities have maintained a steady cultural diffusion among the three societal groups, dating back thousands of years. History The first recorded European navigation of the strait was by Luís Vaz de Torres, a pilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1959. Books * Nancy Cato – ''Time, Flow Softly'' * Jon Cleary ** ''Back of Sunset'' ** ''Strike Me Lucky'' with Joy Cleary * Eleanor Dark – ''Lantana Lane'' * David Forrest – ''The Last Blue Sea'' * Xavier Herbert – ''Seven Emus'' * Dorothy Hewett – ''Bobbin Up : A Novel'' * Barbara Jefferis – ''Half Angel'' * Eric Lambert – ''Glory Thrown In'' * Leonard Mann – ''Andrea Caslin'' * D'Arcy Niland ** '' The Big Smoke'' ** ''Gold in the Streets'' * Vance Palmer – '' The Big Fellow'' * George Turner – ''Young Man of Talent'' * Arthur Upfield ** ''Bony and the Black Virgin'' (aka ''The Tom Branch'') ** ''Journey to the Hangman'' * Morris West – '' The Devil's Advocate'' Short stories * Ethel Anderson – ''Little Ghosts'' * David Campbell – ''Flame and Shadow : Selected Stories'' * A. Bertram Chandler ** "Chance Encounter" ** "The Man Who Couldn't Stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1960. Events * The first Adelaide Writers' Week was held as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Major publications Books * Thea Astley – '' A Descant for Gossips'' * Russell Braddon – ''The Proud American Boy'' * Nancy Cato – ''Green Grows the Vine'' * Jon Cleary – '' North from Thursday'' * Charmian Clift – ''Walk to the Paradise Gardens'' * Nino Culotta – '' Cop this Lot'' * Catherine Gaskin – ''Corporation Wife'' * Elizabeth Harrower – ''The Catherine Wheel'' * George Johnston – ''Closer to the Sun'' * Elizabeth O'Conner – '' The Irishman'' * Nevil Shute – ''Trustee from the Toolroom'' * Arthur Upfield – ''Valley of Smugglers'' * Joan Lindsay – ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (novel) Short stories * James Aldridge – ''Gold and Sand : Stories'' * Ion Idriess – ''The Wild North'' * John Morrison – "Dog-Box" * Hal Porter – "Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Library
Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Alexis Rossi, Anand Chitipothu, and Rebecca Malamud, Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization. It has been funded in part by grants from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation. Open Library provides online digital copies in multiple formats, created from images of many public domain, out-of-print, and in-print books. Book database and digital lending library Its book information is collected from the Library of Congress, other libraries, and Amazon.com, as well as from user contributions through a wiki-like interface. If books are available in digital form, a button labeled "Read" appears next to its catalog listing. Digital copies of the contents of each scanned book are distributed as encrypted e-books (created from images of scanned pages), audiobooks and streaming audio (creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Children's Novels
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewat ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Australian Novels
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Children's Books Set On Islands
A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor (law), minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Children generally have fewer Children's rights, rights and responsibilities than adults. They are classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties." Biological, legal and social definitions In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Books Set In Oceania
A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties." Biological, legal and social definitions In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. Legally, the term ''child'' may refer to anyone belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
