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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Settling South
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'Settling South is loosely-based on a tragic incident that took place in a bush house close to Hobart's Mt Wellington. When Tim's mother dies of cancer at Lakes Entrance, Victoria, he has to go live with his reclusive, Vietnam War-traumatised father above Bright in the Snowy Mountains. There Tim finds that his father and a local policeman are still fighting the war, but now it's against each other. Still under legal driving age, Tim nevertheless is taught how to operate a motorbike that is hidden away in a bush shed. While that's going on, Tim witnesses how the conflict between his father and the policeman escalates until the eventual blow up occurs. When their bush house comes under siege, Tim is forced to use the motorbike to flee south to Dover, Tasmania, while avoiding apprehension by the police.'

(Source: Author's website)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to the Vietnam War.

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Works about this Work

On Travel, Lifelong Students, and Asking 'What If?' Steve Tolbert , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Access , vol. 19 no. 1 2005;
Tolbert discusses the origins of many of his works, and how they all began with a 'what if' question. Includes a discussion of works-in-progress that later became the short stories 'Surfing for Wayan,' 'Summits,' and 'Tunnelling Cu Chi.'
Untitled Janet Aumann , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 4 no. 1 1996; (p. 47)

— Review of Settling South Steve Tolbert , 1995 single work novel
Untitled Ruth Jones , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 44)

— Review of Settling South Steve Tolbert , 1995 single work novel
Fiction Tells Story of Asia 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 30 May 1995; (p. 9)
Untitled Ruth Jones , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 44)

— Review of Settling South Steve Tolbert , 1995 single work novel
Untitled Janet Aumann , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 4 no. 1 1996; (p. 47)

— Review of Settling South Steve Tolbert , 1995 single work novel
On Travel, Lifelong Students, and Asking 'What If?' Steve Tolbert , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Access , vol. 19 no. 1 2005;
Tolbert discusses the origins of many of his works, and how they all began with a 'what if' question. Includes a discussion of works-in-progress that later became the short stories 'Surfing for Wayan,' 'Summits,' and 'Tunnelling Cu Chi.'
Fiction Tells Story of Asia 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 30 May 1995; (p. 9)
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