Viewing ofReference Material
Art students and others conducting research are welcome to make an appointment with us to view the works listed in the adjacent table.
It is also recommended for Europeans to use the online search system at KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog), in which all German and many European scholarly libraries list their available references. Sometimes the works are available for loan.
A list of further references about Australian art, which however are not yet in our reference collection, is also maintained and continually extended.
Literature in our Collection
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Medcroft, Rosalie und Gee, Valda: The Sausage Tree, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia 1995, ISBN 0702227838
Table of Contents ¦ Cover Text ¦ Book Review
Table of Contents
Introduction -ix-
The Early Years -1-
Returning to Tasmania -7-
Settling in Lilydale -11-
Our war effort -22-
The terrible twins -31-
Struggle and strife -35-
Christmas - our style -43-
Fun and games -53-
Work and play -60-
Highlights of your year -68-
Our pets -78-
Our resourceful Dad -81-
More of the twins -93-
Out and about again -100-
Epilogue -104-
Cover Text
The title, 'The Sausage Tree', celebrates the favourite childhood game of authors Rosalie Medcraft and Valda Gee. This award-winning memoir tells of the sisters' childhood spent during the Depression in smalltown Tasmania. For the family of nine, thrift was a virtue and home-grown food and hand-made clothing a necessity. In later years, they learned of their Aboriginal heritage as descendants of Manalargenna, leader of the Trawlwoolway people of Cape Portland in north-east Tasmania.