y separately published work icon Tessa's Promise single work   children's fiction   children's   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Tessa's Promise
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Tessa's Promise is a well-researched historical novel written primarily for 10 to 14 year olds. The story deals with the experiences of three young orphans who travel to Australia to escape the Irish potato famine. In the telling story of the young orphans' journey from the south coast of New South Wales to Sydney, Pamela O'Connor gives the reader a rich insight into the hardships faced by early migrants. 

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Millennium Books , 1991 .
      Extent: 94p.
      ISBN: 085574894X (pbk.)

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Untitled Neil MacKenzie , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 8 no. 1 1993; (p. 31)

— Review of Tessa's Promise Pamela O'Connor , 1991 single work children's fiction
Untitled Elizabeth Douglas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 27)

— Review of Tessa's Promise Pamela O'Connor , 1991 single work children's fiction ; Escape to Eaglehawk Vashti Farrer , 1991 single work novel
Untitled Elizabeth Douglas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 27)

— Review of Tessa's Promise Pamela O'Connor , 1991 single work children's fiction ; Escape to Eaglehawk Vashti Farrer , 1991 single work novel
Untitled Neil MacKenzie , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 8 no. 1 1993; (p. 31)

— Review of Tessa's Promise Pamela O'Connor , 1991 single work children's fiction
Last amended 29 Aug 2024 17:30:18
Settings:
  • Dublin, Dublin (County),
    c
    Ireland,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Australia,
    c
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
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