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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties
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'Memories of small town life in Australia in the 1950s, the critical events and great occasions that touched a nation and swept the world were sieved through a mesh of local goings-on. In that world a young girl tries to learn and find her way growing up in a small seaside town.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Kitty, Eric, Suzie and David in the hope that they will forgive all the lies I have told about them.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1990 .
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      Extent: 153p.
      ISBN: 0869141953

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Untitled John Barrett , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June no. 33 1992; (p. 94-95)

— Review of Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 33)

— Review of Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Summer Reading Rod Moran , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 Dorothy Hewett , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever Elizabeth Jolley , 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe Carmel Bird , 1990 single work novel ; Florid States Rod Usher , 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Various Beings David McCooey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 51 no. 1 1991; (p. 165-170)

— Review of The Devious Being Betty Roland , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Bookmarks [The Age (Saturday Extra), 22 September 1990] Bob Millington , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 1990; (p. 7)
Summer Reading Rod Moran , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 Dorothy Hewett , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever Elizabeth Jolley , 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe Carmel Bird , 1990 single work novel ; Florid States Rod Usher , 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 33)

— Review of Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Wild Bunch of Tall Poppies Edmund Campion , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 October vol. 112 no. 5739 1990; (p. 112)

— Review of Against Time and Place Elizabeth Backhouse , 1990 single work novel ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography ; Poppy Drusilla Modjeska , 1990 single work novel ; Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 Dorothy Hewett , 1990 single work autobiography
Various Beings David McCooey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 51 no. 1 1991; (p. 165-170)

— Review of The Devious Being Betty Roland , 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace Manning Clark , 1990 single work autobiography ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Unravelling the Past Warrick Wynne , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 124 1990; (p. 18)

— Review of Poppy Drusilla Modjeska , 1990 single work novel ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties Kathy Skelton , 1990 single work autobiography
Bookmarks [The Age (Saturday Extra), 22 September 1990] Bob Millington , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 1990; (p. 7)
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