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Author Brinsmead-Hungerford, Hesba.

Title Once there was a swagman / H.F. Brinsmead ; illustrated by Noela Young
Published Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1979

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 MELB SPCBC  819 Brinsm Hes/Otw  LIB USE ONLY
 MELB SPCBC  819 Brinsm Hes/Otw  LIB USE ONLY
Description 60 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm
Summary During the Depression in Australia an old swagman, Mr Brodie, stays at the Truelance farm for a while and is befriended by nine-year-old Teddy
Analysis Children's stories in English 1900- Texts
Picture books
Notes Children's stories in English. Australian writers, 1945-. Texts (ANB/PRECIS SIN 000006x)
Audience For children
Notes Children's Book of the Year Award, 1980 highly commended
Subject Children's stories, Australian.
Children's stories.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Australia -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Blue mountains -- Juvenile fiction
Swagmen -- Juvenile fiction
Tramps -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Author Young, Noela.
ISBN 0195505492
OTHER TI lshaw