Warrimoo series - author   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 Warrimoo
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y separately published work icon Warrimoo Mary Elwyn Patchett , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1961 Z830102 1961 single work novel young adult science fiction

A novel about an Englishman, called Warrimoo by Indigenous Australians, who sets out to prove himself fit for entry into the Secret Service by living and hunting with Indigenous Australians.

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y separately published work icon Dangerous Assignment Mary Elwyn Patchett , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1962 Z830654 1962 single work novel science fiction young adult

'Confusion sets in at the beginning because Miss Patchett has given minimal background information about the British Secret Service, the setting and the time. Suddenly, brave Jeff is on his way to Africa in the company of an old SS friend to complete the "dangerous assignment." The two supermen struggle with glant squids, live through a wild earthquake, and trundle back to England, having rescued an English lady and her daughter from the odd fictitious kingdom.'

Source: Kirkus (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-elwyn-patchett-2/dangerous-assignment/). (Sighted: 2/12/2014)

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y separately published work icon The Venus Project Mary Elwyn Patchett , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1963 Z830489 1963 single work novel science fiction young adult In a secret Russian project, astronauts are sent to Venus to gather samples, but on its return journey, the rocket crash-lands in Australia.
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y separately published work icon Tiger in the Dark Mary Elwyn Patchett , Leicester : Brockhampton Press , 1964 Z831073 1964 single work novel science fiction young adult

Dr Curtis Barnett and his son Bruce set out on an expedition to Australia to investigate sightings of the Queensland marsupial tiger, a supposedly extinct mammal.

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