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y separately published work icon The New Surf Club single work   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 The New Surf Club
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'Tony Wakeford can't wait to join the Manly Beach Surf Club, until he learns from his elder brother Hugh that hard work and sacrifice go hand-in-hand with the thrills and excitement of surf club life. This doesn't suit lazy, easy-going Tony. But while the brothers are still arguing about it, a change in family arrangements brings them a bigger problem to face. Trying to solve it they are unexpectedly caught up in the formation of a new surf club.' (Libraries Australia record).

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Bungala Boys Jim Jeffrey , ( dir. Jim Jeffrey ) Australia : Jimar Productions Children's Entertainment Films , 1961 7877298 1961 single work film/TV

'Tony Wakeford [is] a selfish and carefree youngster, eager to have all the advantages of membership of the new little surf club, Bungala, formed by his brother, Brian, but unwilling to accept its responsibilities. His transformation into a responsible and valuable member of the club is the story of the film.'

Source:

Dolly Baverstock, 'Young Stars Shine in Surf Club Film', Australian Women's Weekly, 28 June 1961, p.69S.

Notes

  • H. M.Saxby's A History of Children's Literature (1971): 59 comments: 'Miss Meillon did much better in The New Surf Club (1959), about the only story available on surfing in our literature for children....it was written before the era of the surfie and the members of the club are square by today's standards.'
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature (1993): 294 ed. Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre notes that 'The novel conveys the drama and excitement of lifesaving on the surf beaches of the east coast. It was made into a film, Bungala Boys, in 1961, directed by Jim Jeffrey, and starring Leonard Teale, who acquired a Cockney accent for the part.'

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  • Manly, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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