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Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 The Heart of the School : An Australian School Story
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Notes

  • The school described in the novel is Xavier College, Kew.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Roy Stevens , 1920 .
      Extent: 399p.
      Description: illus., plates.
      Reprinted: 1921
Alternative title: Peter Jackson and Co, Australiens : Roman
Language: French
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Works about this Work

From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature Anne M. O'Sullivan , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47).
About the "Heart of the School" Eustace Boylan , 1937 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Messenger of the Sacred Heart , 4 June 1937; (p. 20-22)
From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature Anne M. O'Sullivan , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47).
About the "Heart of the School" Eustace Boylan , 1937 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Messenger of the Sacred Heart , 4 June 1937; (p. 20-22)
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Subjects:
Settings:
  • Kew, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • ca. 1910
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