Shaping National Identity: Representations of the Ocean in some Australian Texts

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  • Kathryn James

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2000vol10no3art1341

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Australian children's literature, ocean, Max Fatchen, Australia at the Beach, Looking for Crabs, Bruce Whatley

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2000-12-01

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“Shaping National Identity: Representations of the Ocean in some Australian Texts” (2000) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 10(3), pp. 12–22. doi:10.21153/pecl2000vol10no3art1341.

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