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Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 White Coolies
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The experiences of an Australian Army Nursing sister in the hands of the Japanese during World War II. (Libraries Australia)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Paradise Road David Giles , Martin Meader , Bruce Beresford , New York (City) : St. Martin's Press , 1997 Z1232465 1997 single work film/TV

Paradise Road is based on the true stories of hundreds of English, Australian, and American women imprisoned in Sumatra by the Japanese as the latter swept through South-east Asia in 1942.

The narrative begins with Japanese fighter planes sinking the ship on which the women are attempting to flee Singapore. The captured prisoners face extreme cruelty and hardship, and are forced to seek any means for survival. Two of the women, Adrienne Partier and Margaret Drummond, conceive the idea of forming a choir. Both are both trained musicians, and Margaret has memorised many scores. She writes them down in children's notebooks, and dozens of women, in constant danger of extreme punishment or even execution, conspire to practice surreptitiously. When the choir performs its first number, 'Largo' from Dvorak's New World Symphony, the voices transform the dense tropical air with sweet, haunting strains and the guards, who have come to break up the illegal gathering, sit and listen with awe.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1954 .
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    • London,
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      Panther ,
      1959 .
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    • London,
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      Panther ,
      1965 .
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      Extent: 160p.
    • London,
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      Mayflower Books ,
      1969 .
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      Extent: 160p.
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    • Maidstone, Kent,
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      George Mann ,
      1973 .
      Extent: [11], 204p.p.
      Description: illus., 1 map (on lining papers)
      ISBN: 0704100177
    • London,
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      Angus and Robertson ,
      1976 .
      Extent: 204p.
      Description: illus.
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      • Illustrated by J.P.L. Kickhefer.
      ISBN: 0207133840
    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1985 .
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      Extent: 204p.
      Description: illus.
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      • Illustrated by J.P.L. Kickhefer.
      ISBN: 0207151105
    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Eden Paperbacks , 1988 .
      Extent: 204p.
      ISBN: 0207161070 (pbk.)
      Series: Eden Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1987 series - publisher This paperback imprint of Angus and Robertson was launched in September 1987. The first titles included Upfield's Winds of Evil and Derryn Hinch's Death at Newport.
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1997 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 204p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0207196281

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

News and Views June Turner , 2010 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 3)
Untitled 1955 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 March 1955; (p. 179)

— Review of White Coolies Betty Jeffrey , 1954 single work autobiography
Untitled 1955 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 March 1955; (p. 179)

— Review of White Coolies Betty Jeffrey , 1954 single work autobiography
News and Views June Turner , 2010 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 3)
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