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The hard men of Bourke are drawn to the pretty young Salvation Army girl who moves to their town. They are surprised by her reaction to Jack Moonlight, a swagman, who turns out to be her former lover.
Adaptations
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form
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Bob Brothers
Australia
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ABC Television
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1980
7140630
1980
single work
film/TV
— Appears in: Lawson's Mates 1980; (p. 1-57)'Bob, a young country bumpkin with a heart of gold, is always helping people in distress.
'He is attracted to Hannah, a pretty, young Salvation Army girl, but she is clearly disapproving of his friendship with three prostitutes who pay a visit to the town.
'Hannah, however, is not all she seems to be, but Bob is not one to censure, nor abandon his generous ways.'
Source:
'Kind-hearted Bob: ABC to Show Series Based on Lawson', The Canberra Times, 4 January 1980, p.9.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Between Living and Dying : The Ground of Lawson's Art
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 19-26) The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986; (p. 42-55) Heseltine employs a musical metaphor to show that the integrity of Lawson's great tales of the 1890s "resides in his determination to hold the balance between the spiritual wasteland he perceived in his own and other lives and the tantalising but illusory promise of rebirth he could not help but entertain".
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Between Living and Dying : The Ground of Lawson's Art
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 19-26) The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986; (p. 42-55) Heseltine employs a musical metaphor to show that the integrity of Lawson's great tales of the 1890s "resides in his determination to hold the balance between the spiritual wasteland he perceived in his own and other lives and the tantalising but illusory promise of rebirth he could not help but entertain".
Last amended 18 May 2021 07:37:16
Subjects:
- Country towns,
- Bourke, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
Settings:
- 1890s
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