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Bush studies

Barbara Baynton (Portable Australian Authors) edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson

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August 1980, no. 23
John McLaren reviews 'Barbara Baynton (Portable Australian Authors)' edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson

None of the writers who emerged from the Australian bush has dealt as powerfully with its horror as Barbara Baynton, yet she is probably mainly known only for the two anthologised short stories, ‘Scrammy ’And’ and ‘Squeaker’s Mate’, the latter of which has been made into an excellent short film by David Baker.

 

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