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y separately published work icon The First Walkabout single work   children's fiction   adventure   children's   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 The First Walkabout
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A children's book based on an imagined 'lost civilisation' in early Australia. Norman Tindale was an ethnologist at the South Australian Museum, which led to early reviews claiming (inaccurately) that the work had scientific accuracy.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Melbourne, Victoria,: Longmans, Green ,       1954 .
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      Extent: 129p.
      Description: illus.
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Norman Tindale Interviewed by Hazel de Berg Hazel de Berg (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1960 18412348 1960 single work interview 'Tindale speaks about how his book "The first walkabout" was written.' (Trove)
Untitled Scrutarius , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 21 no. 4 1955; (p. 45)
— Review of The First Walkabout H. A. Lindsay , Norman Barnett Tindale , 1954 single work children's fiction
Tales by Australian Writers Peter Sujen , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 36497 1954; (p. 12)
Untitled Scrutarius , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 21 no. 4 1955; (p. 45)
— Review of The First Walkabout H. A. Lindsay , Norman Barnett Tindale , 1954 single work children's fiction
y separately published work icon Norman Tindale Interviewed by Hazel de Berg Hazel de Berg (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1960 18412348 1960 single work interview 'Tindale speaks about how his book "The first walkabout" was written.' (Trove)
Tales by Australian Writers Peter Sujen , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 36497 1954; (p. 12)
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