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Nancy Phelan Nancy Phelan i(A6964 works by) (birth name: Nancy Eleanor Creagh) (a.k.a. Nancy Eleanor Phelan; Nancy Creagh Phelan; N. Phelan; Nancy Eleanor Creagh)
Born: Established: 2 Aug 1913 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Jan 2008
Gender: Female
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1 The 'Possums i "When Owls are sitting in the trees,", Nancy Phelan , single work poetry children's
1 The Pink Galahs i "Up on the woolshed roof", Nancy Phelan , single work poetry children's
1 The Linesantigers i "Here are the Linesantigers,", Nancy Phelan , single work poetry children's
1 5 y separately published work icon Writing Round the Edges : A Selective Memoir Nancy Phelan , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2003 Z1025545 2003 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Setting Out on the Voyage : The World Of An Incorrigible Adventurer Nancy Phelan , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1998 Z260233 1998 selected work autobiography
1 Summer Haunts (from A Kingdom by the Sea) Nancy Phelan , 1997 extract
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays 1997; (p. 148-150)
1 3 y separately published work icon Pieces of Heaven: in the South Seas Nancy Phelan , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1996 Z395659 1996 single work autobiography
1 Messing About with Words Nancy Phelan , 1994 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 159 1994; (p. 28-33)
1 A Rose by Any Other Name Becomes a Symbol Nancy Phelan , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 165 1994; (p. 17-18)

— Review of The Rose Crossing Nicholas Jose , 1994 single work novel
1 From a Distance Nancy Phelan , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 162 1994; (p. 20)

— Review of Heddy and Me Susan Varga , 1994 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Mosman Impressions Nancy Phelan , Mosman : Mosman Municipal Council , 1993 Z1460186 1993 single work prose
1 A Stretch of the Definition Nancy Phelan , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 148 1993; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Harbour : Stories by Australian Writers 1993 anthology short story
1 One Jump Ahead Nancy Phelan , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 141 1992; (p. 4-5)

— Review of Lovers' Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel Marion Halligan , 1992 single work novel
1 Beginnings and Ends Nancy Phelan , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 November 1992; (p. 50)

— Review of Nowhere Man : Stories 1984-1992 John Irving , 1992 selected work short story ; Travels with Michael and Me : Stories from the Outback and Beyond James McQueen , 1992 selected work short story ; Knitting Emily Bridget Elizabeth Stead , 1992 selected work short story ; Intruders Manfred Jurgensen , 1992 selected work short story
1 Widows and Wisdom Nancy Phelan , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 139 1992; (p. 20)

— Review of The Firewalkers Christine Mangala , 1991 single work novel
1 Three Shades of Melbourne Nancy Phelan , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 October 1992; (p. 40)

— Review of Raising the Shadow Tom Petsinis , 1992 single work novel ; Perdita Jack Hibberd , 1992 single work novel ; Remember Me, Jimmy James Steven Carroll , 1992 single work novel
1 Across the Chaco Nancy Phelan , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 138 1992; (p. 22-23) Microstories 1993; (p. 123-125) On the Edge : Thirty Modern Australian Short Stories 2005; (p. 123-126)
1 12 y separately published work icon The Romantic Lives of Louise Mack Nancy Phelan , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1991 Z204154 1991 single work biography
1 I is an Other Nancy Phelan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Top Shelf : Supplement to Australian Book Review 1991; (p. 4)

— Review of Poppy Drusilla Modjeska , 1990 single work novel
1 Envoy Nancy Phelan , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 50-54)
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