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Issue Details: First known date: 1945... 1945 The Old Man River of Australia : A Saga of the River Murray
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The Murray River tells the story, in the first person, of scenes it has witnessed. It includes observations of Aborigines, explorers and early settlers.

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: John Sands , 1945 .
      Extent: 39p.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • At head of title : A saga of the river Murray.
      Series: Number in series: ns@ANL
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: John Sands , ca. 1955 .
      Extent: 39p.
      Edition info: 2nd edition
      Description: illus.
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Recent Australian Children's Books 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , October vol. 1 no. 4 1946; (p. 160)
— Review of Kindergarten Songs Judy Brown , Mirrie Hill , 1946 selected work poetry ; Three Came from Britain Nourma Handford , 1945 single work novel ; The Old Man River of Australia : A Saga of the River Murray Leila Pirani , 1945 single work children's fiction The reviewer is critical of the illustration of indigenous Australians in Kindergarten Songs, the English flavour of Three Came ... and the adoption of the American phrase to describe the Murray in Old Man River.
Recent Australian Children's Books 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , October vol. 1 no. 4 1946; (p. 160)
— Review of Kindergarten Songs Judy Brown , Mirrie Hill , 1946 selected work poetry ; Three Came from Britain Nourma Handford , 1945 single work novel ; The Old Man River of Australia : A Saga of the River Murray Leila Pirani , 1945 single work children's fiction The reviewer is critical of the illustration of indigenous Australians in Kindergarten Songs, the English flavour of Three Came ... and the adoption of the American phrase to describe the Murray in Old Man River.
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