Thiele, Colin (Milton)

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THIELE, Colin (Milton)

THIELE, Colin (Milton). Australian, b. 1920. Genres: Novels, Novellas/ Short stories, Children's fiction, Poetry, History, Biography. Career: Director, Wattle Park Teachers College, Adelaide (Lecturer, 1957-62; Sr Lecturer in English, 1962-63; Principal, 1965-72; Director, Teachers Centre, 1973-80). Fellow, Australian College of Education, 1969-. Publications: Progress to Denial, 1945; Splinters and Shards, 1945; Burke and Wills (play), 1949; The Golden Lightning: Poems, 1951; The State of Our State, 1952; Man in a Landscape, 1960; The Sun on the Stubble, 1962; Gloop, the Gloomy Bunyip, 1962, as Gloop the Bunyip, 1970; Storm Boy, 1963; February Dragon, 1965; In Charcoal and Contae, 1966; The Rim of the Morning (short stories), 1966; Mrs. Munch and Puffing Billy, 1967; Barossa Valley Sketchbook, 1968; Heysen of Hahndorf (biography), 1968; Blue Fin, 1969; Yellow Jacket Jock, 1969; Selected Verse (1940-1970), 1970; Labourers in the Vineyard (novel), 1970; Flash Flood, 1970; Flip Flop and Tiger Snake, 1970; Coorong, 1972; The Fire in the Stone, 1973; Range without Man, 1974; Albatross Two, 1974; Magpie Island, 1974; Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, 1974; The Little Desert, 1975; Grains of Mustard Seed, 1975; Heysen's Early Hahndorf, 1976; The Bight, 1976; The Hammerhead Light, 1976; The Shadow on the Hills, 1977; The Skunks, 1977; Lincoln's Place, 1978; Maneater Man, 1979; River Murray Mary, 1979; Ballander Boy, 1979; Chadwick's Chimney, 1980; The Best of Colin Thiele, 1980; The Valley Between, 1981; The Undercover Secret, 1982; Pinquo, 1983; Coorong Captive, 1985; Seashores and Shadows, 1985; The Seed's Inheritance, 1986; Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1986; South Australia Revisited, 1986; Shatterbelt, 1987; Ranger's Territory, 1987; Klontarf, 1988; The Ab Diver, 1988; Jodie's Journey, 1988; Stories Short and Tall, 1989; Poems in My Luggage, 1989; Danny's Egg, 1989; Farmer Petz's Pumpkins, 1990; Emma Keppler, 1991; Speedy, 1991; The Australian ABC, 1992; The Australian Mother Goose, 1992, vol. II, 1994; Aftershock, 1992; Charlie Vet's Pet, 1992; Timmy, 1993; The March of Mother Duck, 1993; Martin's Mountain, 1993; Gemma's Christmas Eve, 1993; Reckless Rhymes, 1994; Brahminy, 1995; High Valley, 1996; The Mystery of the Black Pyramid, 1996; Dangerous Secret, 1997; With Dew on My Boots, 1997; Landslide, 1997; Wendy's Whale, 1999; The Sea Caves, 2000; Pannikin and Pinta, 2000; Swan Song, 2001. EDITOR: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1953; Looking at Poetry, 1960; (with I. Mudie) Australian Poets Speak, 1961; (with G. Branson) One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools, 3 vols, 1962, 1964, rev. eds. as Setting the Stage, 1969, and The Living Stage, 1970; Favourite Australian Stories, 1963; Handbook to Favourite Australian Stories, 1964; (with G. Branson) Beginners Please, 1964; (with G. Branson) Plays for Young Play- ers, 1970. Address: Endeavour Lane via, Dayboro, QLD 4521, Australia.