well..one link leads to another. not really sure how i ended up here...but some one has written a docorate thesis on lost children and legends. included are comparisons to life/living in england vs aus, as well as north american colonial life. more on aus/eng tho. quite an interesting read. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000767/ you can access the thesis on the above url. i'm not sure if the one below will work. later roz http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000767/01/final_phd.doc

Thanks for that link, Roz. The thesis is a bit heavy reading but it is fascinating to realise that the 'Babes in the Woods' story is so old and that it has such significance for Australian culture. The author mentioned a number of similar stories, some of which have been made into films, including "Rabbit Proof Fence" which we were watching only the other evening; we had taped it when it was on TV some months ago. That film reminded me of an earlier one called "Walkabout" which, if I remember correctly, had Jenny Agutter and David Gallipolil (sp) in it. He was also the Aboriginal tracker in "Rabbit Proof Fence". Now, can anyone help me to track down the memory of another similar film? I saw it on TV something like 20 years ago, I think. The story is set in New Zealand or possibly Tasmania in the mid-19th Century. A young settler girl of about 10 runs away from home when fighting breaks out around it. She meets up with a native woman who is largely indifferent to her presence but nevertheless shows her how to survive. They travel the bush for several months... I forget how, but the girl returns to her home. Now thoroughly able to look after herself, her family has trouble accepting her independence, fearing 'assimilation'. Does anyone remember this story? Howie > well..one link leads to another. not really sure how i ended up > here...but some one has written a docorate thesis on lost children and > legends. > > included are comparisons to life/living in england vs aus, as well as > north american colonial life. more on aus/eng tho. quite an interesting > read. > > http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000767/ > > you can access the thesis on the above url. i'm not sure if the one > below will work. > later > roz > > http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000767/01/final_phd.doc > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >