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Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross: The Forgotten Folklore of Australian Nursery Rhymes.
by Holden, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 064210560X
- ISBN 13
- 9780642105608
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA), 1992. Paperback oblong small quarto, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, colour plates, spine minimally faded as common, minor edgewear. 99 pp. Robert Holden provides a combination of scholarship and entertainment as he wanders many a crooked mile through the made-to-order folklore of Australia's own nursery rhymes. There is a new constellation of nursery characters to add to the more traditional figures. Examples from as early as 1854 and extending to the present day are looked at in a wide-ranging context of Australian literary and publishing history, the growth of nationalism, and the welfare and education of young Australians. Published with the assistance of the Morris West Trust Fund.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29424
- Title
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross: The Forgotten Folklore of Australian Nursery Rhymes.
- Author
- Holden, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 064210560X
- ISBN 13
- 9780642105608
- Publisher
- National Library of Australia (NLA)
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- children's literature, poetry, rhymes, folklore, australian history, literary criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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