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Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 The Family Conspiracy
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The four Barker children each have a plan to raise money for their mother who is in hospital. The Barkers already face a financial crisis as drought menaces their farm. Things get out of hand, and resourcefulness and courage are needed to save the situation

The Barker children's plans to make money to help out when their mother has to have an operation, and drought threatens their isolated sheep station, lead to unforeseen adventures.

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Alternative title: Familie-sammensvoergelsen
Language: Danish

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Works about this Work

Representations of Mothers and Mothering in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature Margot Hillel , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 97-107)
Untitled 1963 single work review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , January no. 15 1963; (p. 7)

— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction
First Prize Nancy Keesing , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 July vol. 85 no. 4352 1963; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction
First Prize Nancy Keesing , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 July vol. 85 no. 4352 1963; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction
Untitled 1963 single work review
— Appears in: New Books for Boys and Girls , January no. 15 1963; (p. 7)

— Review of The Family Conspiracy Joan Phipson , 1962 single work children's fiction
Representations of Mothers and Mothering in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature Margot Hillel , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 97-107)
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