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'[R]ecounts the life of a red heifer and her struggle to remain free despite the efforts of men to contain her in the cattle herd' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 124).

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Dedication: This Book is dedicated to my brother Douglas.

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Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1931 .

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Extent: 153p.
Description: illus.
Reprinted: 1931 Reprinted numerous times.

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Full text digitised from 1956 reprint.

Digitised by AustLit, 2010, from the collection of the NLA.
Publisher: Australian Authors Publishing Co.

Sydney, New South Wales,: Australian Authors Publishing Co. , 1931 .

Extent: 150p.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1932 .

Extent: 153, 26p.p.
Edition info: 2nd ed.
Description: illus.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1933 .

Extent: 144, 27p.p.
Edition info: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode

London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1934 .

Extent: 204p.
Description: illus.

Note/s:

Illustrated by Frank Wallace.
Publisher: Cadmus Books

Chicago, Illinois,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Cadmus Books , 1934 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 214p.p.
Publisher: E. M. Hale and Co.

Chicago, Illinois,
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,: E. M. Hale and Co. , 1934 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 214p.p.

Note/s:

"This special edition is published by arrangement with the publisher of the regular edition, Coward-McCann, Inc."
Publisher: Junior Literary Guild ; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

New York (City), New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,: Junior Literary Guild ; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan , 1935 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 214p.
Description: illus.

Note/s:

Introduction by Kermit Roosevelt; illustrated by Frank Wallace. Introduction dated: New York, August 1934.

Copyright date: 1934; publication date: 1935.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1935 .

Extent: 188p.
Edition info: 4th ed.
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

New York (City), New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan , 1935 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 214p.p.

Note/s:

Introduction by Kermit Roosevelt; illustrated by Frank Wallace.
Publisher: Junior Literary Guild

New York (City), New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,: Junior Literary Guild , 1935 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 214p.p.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1937 .

Extent: 188p.
Edition info: 5th ed.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1939 .

Extent: 188p.
Edition info: 6th ed.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1942 .

Extent: 188p.
Edition info: 8th ed.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1943 .

Extent: 188p.
Edition info: 9th ed.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1944 .

Extent: 116p.
Edition info: 10th ed.

Series: Australian Pocket Library Series series - publisher
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1946 .

Extent: 188p.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1949 .

Extent: 153p.
Description: illus.
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode

London,
c
England,
c

c
United Kingdom (UK),
c
Western Europe, Europe,: Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1949 .

Alternative title: Red Heifer : A Story of Men and Cattle

Extent: 127p.
Edition info: 2nd.ed

Note/s:

Introduction by Kermit Roosevelt; illustrated by Frank Wallace.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1950 .

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Extent: 153p.
Edition info: 16th ed.
Publisher: Penguin Books

Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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England,
c

c
United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Penguin Books , 1956 .

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Extent: 116p.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1975 .

Alternative title: Man-Shy : A Story of Men and Cattle.

Extent: x, 160p.p.
Description: illus.
ISBN: 0207129606, 0207129894 (pbk.)
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1981 .

Extent: 160p.
Description: illus.
ISBN: 0207144311
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y Man-shy [and] Dusty Frank Dalby Davison , Sydney : John Ferguson , 1982 23494525 1982 selected work children's fiction children's Sydney : John Ferguson , 1982
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1982
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Publisher: Angus and Robertson

North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1990 .

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With title: Man-Shy : A Story of Men and Cattle.

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Joy Dettman : Books That Changed Me Joy Dettman , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 9 March 2014; (p. 12)

Cultural Myths and Open Secrets : The Cattle Industries in Australia Melissa Boyde , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 73 no. 2 2013;

The Outback : In Praise of the Bush John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 53-70)

Untitled Marion Bannister , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction ; Dusty : The Story of a Sheep Dog Frank Dalby Davison , 1946 single work children's fiction

Letters Mary Gilmore , 1988 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Penguin Anthology of Australian Women's Writing 1988; (p. 431-468)

Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Won by Unknown Book Furnley Maurice , 1932 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 July vol. 4 no. 7 1932; (p. 112)
— Review of Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction

This Year's Australian Books Nettie Palmer , 1932 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 4 no. 12 1932; (p. 201-204)
— Review of Boomerang Helen Simpson , 1932 single work novel ; Old Blastus of Bandicoot : Opuscule on a Pioneer Tufted with Ragged Rhymes Miles Franklin , 1930-1939 single work novel ; Green Mallee John William Truran , 1932 single work novel ; Rufus Sterne : A Novel Robert Gray , 1932 single work novel ; Two Studies Henry Handel Richardson , 1931 selected work short story ; Kiss on the Lips Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1932 single work short story ; The Earth Lover and Other Verses Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1932 selected work poetry ; Twenty-Six J. A. R. McKellar , 1932 selected work poetry ; Under the Wilgas Mary Gilmore , 1932 selected work poetry ; By-Products: A Book of Verses R. H. Croll , 1932 selected work poetry ; Lilacs out of the Dead Land Edgar Holt , 1932 selected work poetry ; Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction ; Separate Lives Vance Palmer , 1931 selected work short story

Man Shy Wins Recognition in U.S.A. 1935 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 13 March vol. 7 no. 3 1935; (p. 52)
— Review of Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction

Untitled Freda Barrymore , 1932 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 24 December 1932; (p. 70)
— Review of Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction

A Cattle Yarn 1931 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 August vol. 52 no. 2688 1931; (p. 2)
— Review of Man-Shy Frank Dalby Davison , 1931 single work children's fiction

y Australian Literature Society Medallists Flora Eldershaw , Sydney : Australasian Medical Publishing , 1935 Z1040561 1935 single work criticism

Fellowship of Australian Writers [Meeting Report] Neil J. Myers , 1932 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 October vol. 4 no. 10 1932; (p. 162)

Can You Better This Book List? 1945 single work column
— Appears in: Book News , August no. [1] 1945; (p. 3)

Children's Books D. M. D. , 1933 single work correspondence
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 March vol. 5 no. 3 1933; (p. 43)

A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 August vol. 6 no. 8 1934; (p. 153-154)
— Review of Landtakers : The Story of an Epoch Brian Penton , 1934 single work novel ; Cobbers : A Personal Record of a Journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania and Some of the Reefs and Islands in the Coral Sea, Made in the Years 1930, 1931 and 1932 Thomas Wood , 1934 single work autobiography ; Eight Plays by Australians 1934 anthology drama ; Upsurge : A Novel J. M. Harcourt , 1934 single work novel ; The Silver Dog Alison McDougall , 1934 single work novel ; The Yellow Joss : And Other Tales Ion L. Idriess , 1934 selected work short story ; Ambition : An Autobiographical Novel Eric Muspratt , 1934 single work novel

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1931 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal

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