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''The First Walkabout'' is an Australian children's novel first published in 1954. It tells the story of the very earliest occupation of the continent of Australia by the Negrito people, a group that arrived in Australia before the ancestors of the present-day Aboriginal peoples.


Critical reception

While covering a selection of possible Christmas book gifts for children in ''The Brisbane Telegraph'' in 1954, a reviewer noted: "Mr. Tindale is ethnologist at the South Australian museum, and Mr. Lindsay is the well-known authority on the Australian bushland. They have collaborated to produce an authentic and entertaining story of Australia some ten or twelve thousand years ago.""Christmas Books for Juniors" by D. D., ''The Brisbane Telegraph'', 18 December 1954, p18
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See also

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1954 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1954. Events * Charlotte Jay (pseudonym of Geraldine Halls) won the inaugural Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for '' Beat Not the Bones' ...


References

Australian children's novels 1954 Australian novels Children's historical novels Novels set in prehistory CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works 1954 children's books Children's books set in Australia Children's books set in prehistory {{1950s-child-hist-novel-stub