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Nan Chauncy

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Nan Chauncy (28 May 1900 – 1 May 1970) was a British-born Australian children's writer. [1]

44 relations: Anti-German sentiment, Apple, Australia, Australian Bicentenary, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Children's Television Foundation, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australians, Bagdad, Tasmania, British people, Bushranger, Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania, Cancer, Children's literature, City of Hobart, Claremont, Tasmania, Denmark, Devil's Hill (novel), English language, Finland, Foxlease, Germany, Girl Guides, Girl Guides Australia, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Hobart, Houseboat, Lara, Victoria, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Melbourne University Publishing, Middlesex, Nan Chauncy Award, Northwood, London, Oxford University Press, River Thames, Southern Midlands Council, Soviet Union, St Michael's Collegiate School, Sweden, Tangara (novel), Tasmania, Tiger in the Bush, Touch the Sun (Australian TV series), Venice Film Festival.

Anti-German sentiment

Anti-German sentiment (or Germanophobia) is defined as an opposition to or fear of Germany, its inhabitants, its culture and the German language.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Bicentenary

The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian Children's Television Foundation

The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) is a national non-profit children’s media production and policy hub.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.

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Australians

Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are people associated with Australia, sharing a common history, culture, and language (Australian English).

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Bagdad, Tasmania

Bagdad is a small town north of Hobart, Tasmania.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Bushranger

Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities.

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Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania

Cadbury's Chocolate Factory is a working chocolate factory belonging to the Australian division of international confectionery company Cadbury (a division of Mondelez International), and is located in Claremont, Tasmania.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

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City of Hobart

Hobart City Council (or City of Hobart) is a local government body in Tasmania, covering the central metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart.

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Claremont, Tasmania

Claremont is a suburb of the City of Glenorchy, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Devil's Hill (novel)

Devil's Hill (1958) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Geraldine Spence.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Foxlease

Foxlease is a training and activity centre of Girlguiding near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Girl Guides

Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are a Scouting movement found worldwide, originally and still largely designed for girls and women only.

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Girl Guides Australia

Girl Guides Australia (GGA) is the national Guiding organisation in Australia.

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Hans Christian Andersen Award

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature".

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Houseboat

A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home.

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Lara, Victoria

Lara is a small town north of the City of Greater Geelong, 18 km north-east of the Geelong CBD, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.

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Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England.

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Melbourne University Publishing

Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is the book publishing arm of the University of Melbourne.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Nan Chauncy Award

The Nan Chauncy Award is an Australian Children's literature award.

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Northwood, London

Northwood is an elevated residential settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjoining Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (which contains the Ruislip Lido) and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Southern Midlands Council

Southern Midlands is a local government body in Tasmania, covering the southern region of the Tasmanian central midlands.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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St Michael's Collegiate School

St Michael's Collegiate School, colloquially known as "Collegiate", is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Tangara (novel)

Tangara (1960) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Tiger in the Bush

Tiger in the Bush (1957) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Margaret Horder.

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Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)

Touch the Sun is a series of television films commissioned by the Australian Children's Television Foundation in 1988 as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations.

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Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the "Big Three" film festivals, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Chauncy

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