Mavis Thorpe Clark Mavis Thorpe Clark i(A16927 works by) (a.k.a. M. Thorpe Clark; M. T. Clark; Mavis Rose Latham; M. R. Clark; M. Thorpe Clarke)
Also writes as: M. R. Clark ; Mavis Latham ; Thorpe Clarke
Born: Established: 26 Jun 1909 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 8 Jul 1999 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon Trust the Dream : An Autobiography Mavis Thorpe Clark , Spring Hill : Ronda Hall , 2004 Z1221474 2004 single work autobiography
1 Vision Splendid : The 1960s Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , Spring vol. 25 no. 3 1993; (p. 26)
1 Losing the Lyrebirds Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1988 extract (Blue Above the Trees)
— Appears in: Shadow and Shine : An Anthology of Gippsland Literature 1988; (p. 112-113)
1 y separately published work icon No Mean Destiny : The Story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia 1945-85 Mavis Thorpe Clark , South Yarra : Hyland House , 1986 Z806625 1986 single work non-fiction
1 2 y separately published work icon Young and Brave Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1984 Z836628 1984 selected work biography children's
1 y separately published work icon The Brown Land Was Green [and] The Min-Min Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1982 23494338 1982 selected work children's fiction children's
1 3 y separately published work icon Solomon's Child Mavis Thorpe Clark , Richmond : Hutchinson Australia , 1981 Z667873 1981 single work children's fiction children's
1 Notes by Mavis Thorpe Clark Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1981 single work biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 30-32)
1 2 y separately published work icon A Stranger Came to the Mine Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hutchinson Australia , 1980 Z667691 1980 single work novel science fiction young adult
1 1 y separately published work icon The Boy from Cumeroogunga Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton Australia , 1979 Z836044 1979 single work biography children's
1 1 y separately published work icon The Lilly-Pilly Mavis Thorpe Clark , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z37610 1979 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Spanish Queen Mavis Thorpe Clark , New South Wales : Hodder and Stoughton , 1977 Z835993 1977 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon The Hundred Islands Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1976 Z835687 1976 single work children's fiction children's Seventeen-year-old Greg's concern with preserving the wildlife of the hundred islands in Australia's Bass Strait leads him to defy his father and set out on his own path toward the future.
1 The Haunted Hills Mavis Thorpe Clark , 1976 single work short story horror
— Appears in: A Handful of Ghosts : Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian Authors 1976;
1 2 y separately published work icon The Sky is Free Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton Australia Brockhampton Press , 1974 Z836131 1974 single work children's fiction children's
2 1 y separately published work icon Wildfire Mavis Thorpe Clark , New South Wales : Hodder and Stoughton Australia Brockhampton Press , 1973 Z831754 1973 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon New Golden Mountain Mavis Thorpe Clark , Melbourne : Lansdowne , 1973 Z829926 1973 single work children's fiction children's Resentful of her poverty, a fifteen-year-old girl decides to run away, but her involvement with two rival boys leads not to a new life but a fight for survival as all three are trapped in a caved-in mine shaft.
1 y separately published work icon Joan & Betty Rayner : Strolling Players Mavis Thorpe Clark , Melbourne : Lansdowne , 1972 Z806622 1972 single work biography
4 1 y separately published work icon Iron Mountain Mavis Thorpe Clark , Melbourne : Lansdowne , 1970 Z841689 1970 single work novel young adult After a brush with the law a seventeen-year-old boy runs away to Western Australia where new independence and responsibilities help him face the consequences of past mistakes.
1 1 y separately published work icon Nowhere to Hide Mavis Thorpe Clark , Melbourne : Lansdowne , 1969 Z960653 1969 single work children's fiction children's 'In 1942, two German POWs escaped and hid in a cave on an island in Bracken, Gippsland.' (Trove)
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