Honey Spot
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- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1987
Summary
Tim is the new boy at school. Peggy is walking home one day when she meets Tim with a tomahawk in his hand.
Can the Forest Ranger’s suspicions be proved?
What are Tim and his family really like?
Jack Davis has written a funny, warm story of friendship between a boy and a girl whose families seem to have nothing in common … until danger strikes and forces them to face their prejudices.
Illustrated by Ellen José.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780868191638 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0868191639 |
| Author: | Jack Davis |
| Publisher: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1987 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 167mm x 5mm |
| Series: | TEENAGE |
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About The Author
Jack Davis
Jack Davis (1917–2000)
Jack Davis was born in Perth and grew up in Yarloop and at the Moore River Native Settlement. He began learning the language and culture of his people, the Nyoongarah of the south-west of Western Australia, while residing on the Brookton Aboriginal Reserve.
His work as a stockman in the north-west exposed him to tribal society. Davis became an activist for his people, serving as the director of the Aboriginal Centre in Perth from 1967–71. In 1971, he was appointed the first chairman of the Aboriginal Lands Trust in WA. From 1972–77, he was the managing editor of the Aboriginal Publications Foundation.
Davis’ first full-length play, Kullark, a documentary on the history of Aborigines in WA, premiered in 1979. His other plays published by Currency include No Sugar, The Dreamers, Barungin: Smell the Wind, and In Our Town. For younger audiences, he wrote Honey Spot and Moorli and the Leprechaun.
In recognition of his services to his people, Davis received the British Empire Medal in 1977 and was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1985. He was also awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Murdoch University, and was elected Citizen of the Year in WA. In 1989, Davis received one of the inaugural Creative Fellowships from the Federal Government, honoring established artists for their contributions to Australian culture.
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