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form y separately published work icon Tracks single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Tracks Robyn Davidson , 1980 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Tracks
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'The inspirational true story of Robyn Davidson's solo camel trek through the harsh centre of Australia, aided only by her faithful canine companion Diggity and the National Geographic photographer who chronicled this epic modern adventure.' (Source: Screen Australia website)

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Noisy Silences : Complexity in Non-Indigenous Central Australian Soundscapes in the 1970s Andrew W. Hurley , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 20 no. 1 2023; (p. 137-153)

'Silence is a powerful concept that many read in stark metaphorical, binarised and/or ahistorical terms. By contrast, sound historians can show how metaphors like silence take on specific historical power, but elide complexity in the heard world, and how they change. This article uses Robyn Davidson’s popular travelogue, Tracks (1980), to investigate how the non-Indigenous meanings of the iconic motif of Central Australian silence were shifting in the 1970s, in line with acoustic ecology and second-wave feminism that positively valorised certain sorts of quiet and/or listening. But silence is multivalent and it also developed negative metaphorical connotations in the 1970s, especially as shorthand for the way many Australians had obscured Indigenous presence. By reconceiving 1970s silence as entangled with noise, we can better understand complexity and change in these non-Indigenous soundscapes.' (Publication abstract) 

Notes from the Studio Robert Drewe , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 139 2017; (p. 59)

'The article discusses the interpretation of sexual relationship between male and female characters in the film adaptation of the novel "Tracks," by Robyn Davidson.'  (Publication abstract)

Adaptation and Authorial Celebrity : Robyn Davidson and the Context of John Curran’s Tracks (2013) Rachael Weaver , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adaptation , March vol. 9 no. 1 2016; (p. 12-21)
'This article explores the discursive context surrounding John Curran’s recent adaptation of Robyn Davidson’s Tracks (1980), suggesting that the mutual imbrication of the film and its source texts works against the grain of recent trends in adaptation studies that seek to distance them, and to consider screen adaptations as independent creations. At the centre of the red carpet at international film festival premiers as well as the broader publicity campaign promoting Tracks stands author Robyn Davidson, whose nuanced understanding of the adaptation process and savvy relationship to the media have enabled her to retain a firm grip on her original material, at the same time as establishing for herself a pivotal role in enunciating the film’s greater significance and authentic ‘Australianness’ for both local and global audiences. Davidson’s role impacts, ultimately, on the positioning of the film in terms of genre, character, nationality, history, race, and gender politics and ecology—as well as making the adaptation process an explicit subject for discussion in Tracks’ wider articulation and framing.' (Publication summary)
The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
y separately published work icon Robyn Davidson's Tracks and Director Sean Penn's Into the Wild Anica Boulanger-Mashberg , Cheltenham : Insight Publications , 2016 10102581 2016 single work criticism
Track Records Fiona Purdon , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 February 2014; (p. 16)

— Review of Tracks Robyn Davidson , Marion Nelson , 2013 single work film/TV
'After many false starts, the film of Robyn Davidson's epic walk across the desert is finally making tracks, writes Fiona Purdon.'
Desert Dreaming Sandra Hall , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 March 2014; (p. 9)

— Review of Tracks Robyn Davidson , Marion Nelson , 2013 single work film/TV
The Long Way Around Evan Williams , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 March 2014; (p. 14)

— Review of Tracks Robyn Davidson , Marion Nelson , 2013 single work film/TV
Mystery Remains at Heart of Epic Camel Trek Jane Freebury , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 March 2014; (p. 28)

— Review of Tracks Robyn Davidson , Marion Nelson , 2013 single work film/TV
Review : Tracks Tara Judah , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: ABR : Arts 2014; Australian Book Review , March no. 359 2014;

— Review of Tracks Robyn Davidson , Marion Nelson , 2013 single work film/TV
Angel and Beast Sharon Verghis , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 January 2013; (p. 4-5)
Top End Hopes to Ride on Camel's Back Robert Upe , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 January 2013; (p. 17)
Back to the Bush to Find a Blockbuster Vicky Roach , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 August 2013; (p. 36)
Australians a Talking Point in Toronto Ed Gibbs , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 September 2013; (p. 16) The Age , 13 September 2013; (p. 34)
Back to the Outback Vicky Roach , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 August 2013; (p. 57)
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