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The following is a complete list of books and other writings by Colin Thiele, the prolific Australian children's writer.

Children's books

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  • Ab Diver, 1988
  • Aftershock, The sequel to Shatterbelt, 1992
  • Albatross Two, 1974
  • The Australian ABC, 1992
  • The Australian Mother Goose, 1992
  • The Australian Mother Goose II, 1994
  • Ballander Boy, 1979
  • Billy Bilby's Barbecue, 2005
  • Blue Fin, 1969
  • Brahminy: The Story of a Boy and a Sea Eagle, 1995
  • The Cave & The Glory of a Galumph, 1989
  • Chadwick's Chimney, 1979
  • Charlie Vet's Pet, 1992
  • Coorong Captive, 1985
  • Dad Drains The Oil, 1988
  • Dangerous Secret, 1997
  • Danny's Egg, 1989
  • Emma Keppler: Two Months In Her Life, 1991
  • Farmer Pelz's Pumpkins, 1990
  • Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1986
  • February Dragon, 1966
  • The Fire In The Stone, 1973
  • Flash Flood, 1970
  • Flip-Flop and Tiger Snake, 1970
  • Gemma's Christmas Eve, 1994
  • Gloop: The Bunyip, 1962
  • Gloop the Gloomy Bunyip, 1970
  • The Hammerhead Light, 1976
  • High Valley Montville, 1996
  • Jodie's Journey, 1988
  • Klontarf, 1988
  • Landslide, 1997
  • Little Tom Little, 1981
  • Magpie Island, 1974
  • The March of Mother Duck, 1993
  • Martin's Mountain, 1993
  • Miss Bilby", 2007
  • The Monster Fish, 1999
  • Mr Dumby's Ducks", 2006
  • Mrs Munch and Puffing Billy, 1967
  • The Mystery of the Black Pyramid, 1996
  • Pannikin and Pinta, 2000
  • Patch Comes Home, 1982
  • Pinquo, 1983
  • Pitch The Pony, 1984
  • Potch Goes Down The Drain, 1984
  • The Rim of the Morning: Six Stories, 1966
  • River Murray Mary, 1979
  • Rotten Egg, & Paterson To The Rescue, 1989
  • The Sea Caves, 2000.
  • Seashores and Shadows, 1985.
  • The Shadow on the Hills, 1977
  • Shadow Shark, 1985
  • Sharks in the Shadows, 1985
  • Shatterbelt, 1987
  • The Sknuks, 1977
  • Speedy, 1991
  • Stories Short and Tall, 1989
  • Storm Boy, 1963
  • The Sun on the Stubble, 1961
  • Sun Warm Memories: The Colin Thiele Reciter, 2003
  • Swan Song, 2002
  • Tanya and Trixie, 1980
  • Thiele Tales: Three Long Stories for Children, 1980
  • Timmy, 1993
  • Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, 1974
  • The Undercover Secret, 1982
  • The Valley Between, 1981
  • Wedgetail, 2003
  • Wendy's Whale, 1999
  • Yellow Jacket Jock, 1969

Fiction

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  • Labourers in the Vineyard, 1970
  • The Seeds' Inheritance, 1986

Short story

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  • The Ghost of Gartenschmuck, from A Handful of Ghosts: Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian authors; collected by Barbara Ker Wilson. 1976

Educational

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  • Australian Poets Speak; Edited by Colin Thiele and Ian Mudie. 1961
  • Beginners, Please! One-Act Plays for Schools; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1964
  • Blue Fin, Educational Companion. 1978
  • The Book and the Media, 1976
  • Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1963
  • Handbook to Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1964
  • The Living Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 2; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
  • Looking at Poetry; Edited by Colin Thiele. 1960
  • One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 3; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson.
  • Plays for Young Players; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
  • Setting the Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 1; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1969
  • The State of our State: Peeping At South Australia, Adelaide, 1952
  • Storm Boy, Educational Companion. 1976

Verse and prose

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  • The Golden Lightning: Poems, 1950
  • Edward John Eyre, 1962
  • In Charcoal and Conte, 1966
  • Jindyworobak Anthology, 1953
  • Man in a Landscape, 1960
  • Poems in my Luggage, 1989
  • Progress to Denial: A Poem, 1945
  • Reckless Rhymes, 1994
  • Selected Verse, 1970
  • Songs for my Thongs, 1982
  • Splinters and Shards: Poems, 1945
  • Tea for Three, by Max Fatchen and Colin Thiele. 1994

General literature

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  • The Adelaide Story, 1982
  • Barossa Valley Sketchbook, 1968
  • The Benedictions of Benjamin Gates, by Arthur Burfield and Colin Thiele. 1977
  • The Best of Colin Thiele, 1980
  • The Bight, 1976
  • Coorong, 1972
  • Coorong, 1986
  • The Coorong, 1997
  • Grains of Mustard Seed, with research by Ron Gibbs. 1975
  • Masterpieces, 1977
  • Heysen of Hahndorf, 1968
  • Heysen's Early Hahndorf, The Early Works of Sir Hans Heysen. 1976
  • Lincoln's Place: The Story of an Australian Pioneer Farm, 1978
  • The Little Desert, 1975
  • Maneater Man: Alf Dean, The World's Greatest Shark Hunter, 1979
  • Passing Glances and Glancing Passes: The Role of Teachers Centres, 1977
  • Range Without Man: The North Flinders, 1974
  • Ranger's Territory: The Story of Frank Woerle, as told to Colin Thiele. 1987
  • Some Ideas For Conference Organisers, by Ron O'Hare and Colin Thiele. 1977
  • Something To Crow About: A Keyhole Glimpse of South Australia, 1986
  • South Australia Revisited, 1986
  • With Dew On My Boots: A Childhood Revisited, 1997

Videos

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Spoken word recordings

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  • Anna, from 5UV. 27 August 1984
  • Ballander Boy
  • Burke and Wills, AFoA. 1960
  • Colin Thiele Travelogue, 1977
  • Emma Keppler, 1993
  • Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1987
  • Final Assembly of Wattle Park Teachers College, 1972
  • In Charcoal & Conte:, Series: Poets Tongue, 1966
  • Introducing Blue Fin, 1978
  • Look to the Future, 1992
  • Magpie Island, 1995
  • Pitch the Pony
  • Potch Goes Down The Drain
  • Public Reading of Poetry and Prose, 1977
  • The Seed's Inheritance, 1988
  • The Shadow on the Hills, from ABC. 26 September 1979
  • The Shark Fishers, from ABC
  • The Sknuks, 1987
  • Snook Takes A Dip?, Adapted from the novel Blue Fin
  • Speedy, 1992
  • Stories Short and Tall, 1990
  • Storm Boy: A Dramatisation, 1994
  • The Sun on the Stubble, from ABC. 1995
  • Talking & Reading, 1980
  • Tigersnook, Based on Blue Fin, 1979
  • The Tuna That Fell Off A Truck, 1979
  • The Undercover Secret, from ABC. 1996
  • Winners! 2, from ABC. 1998
  • With Dew On My Boots, from ABC Audio. 1997

Articles and miscellanea

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The articles here are writings with portions, though not the entire work necessarily, attributed to Colin Thiele.

  • Kapunda Memories
  • Hearts & Minds: Creative Australians and the Environment, with M Pollak and M MacNabb., 2000
  • D.B. Kerr and P.G. Pfeiffer's, Lost Angry Penguins, 2000
  • ReSearch98: Spotlight On Research In Education, 1998
  • Believe In Yourself: Who'd Want To Be A Writer?, 1996
  • Big Rig, in Big Rig and Other Poems, 1995
  • A Special Place In A Writer's World, 1992
  • Meet Colin Thiele, 1992
  • Dragnet, in After Dark: Seven Tales To Read At Night, 1992
  • Happy Birthday Rippa, 1991
  • Hi, I've Got Brown Eyes, from Classroom: The Magazine For Teachers, 1990
  • The Kindest Cut: Arthritis Snd Surgery, 1990
  • Behind Books, from The Spirit Of Place, 1990
  • Change and Short Change, 1990
  • The Candle and the Star, 1988
  • Foreword in Peter Killey's, My Word - My World, 1986
  • Society Expects Too Much Of Education, David Tonkin interviews Colin Thiele. 1985
  • A Child's Christmas, from SAM: South Australian Magazine. 1983
  • Inside story: Profiles in children's literature, 1983
  • Contributions to, Unlimited Scope, 1983
  • Foreword in, An Australian Bush Who's Who: Verses and Illustrations, 1983
  • Colin Thiele Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., September 1982
  • Origins and Odysseys: Writers' Childhood Influences, July 1982
  • The Part-time Writer: The Agony and the Ecstasy, May 1980
  • Childhood and Change, November 1980
  • Sunrise and Starshine: A Boyhood Revisited, in The Early Dreaming: Australian Children's Authors on Childhood, 1980
  • Foreword from, South Australian Parks and Conservation, November 1979
  • The Bathers Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., March 1979
  • A World of Living Books, 1978
  • Foreword from, Our magazine: The Writers Club of the Helping Hand, 1977
  • Shall we make a film of your book?, 1976
  • Roll on Port Lincoln, 1973
  • The Dragon's Rampage, from The Too-Many Professors and Other Stories, 1973
  • A Farewell to Wattle Park, 1972
  • The Quality of Experience, May 1972
  • Things Books Grow From, or Why Books Germinate, and How They Are Affected By The Climate and The Gardner, August 1970
  • The Educator at the Party, November 1969
  • No Man Bathes Twice In The Same River, August 1968
  • Grass Roots and Far Horizons, 1967
  • Four poems, for ASEA Bulletin, October 1967
    • Wintering
    • Eclipse
    • Radiation Victim
    • Shall Such A Love
  • Creative English in Primary Schools, November 1967
  • Storm Boy from Woman's Day, March 1965
  • Lady Franklin in South Australia Tradition, April 1964
  • Lutheran Landing, Port Misery, 1838, November 1963
  • Flying the Bight, November 1962
  • Dark Room, November 1962
  • School Hymn, for Seacombe High School, 1962
  • The Secondary School Teacher, May 1958
  • Two Homecomers, November 1943

References

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