Sound recordings

Snook takes a dip (sound recording) ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. S.l.: Klarion Enterprises for L. & S. Publishing. 1979.

Tigersnook (sound recording): based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. Milton, Qld.: L & S Educational Equipment, 1979.

The tuna that fell off a truck (sound recording): based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. Milton, Qld. : L & S Educational Equipment, 1979.

Video recordings and motion pictures

Blue Fin (videorecording). Adelaide: South Australian Film Corporation, c1977.

Cigarettes and matches (motion picture). Adelaide: Gerard Elder. producer, 1979.

Storm Boy (videorecording). Adelaide, South Australian Film Corporation, c1976.

Storm Boy (motion picture) / South Australian Film Corporation. New York: Learning Corp. of America, 1980.

The Water trolley (videorecording). Australia: Nine Network Australia, 1989.

By Colin Thiele

Children's fiction

Albatross Two Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

Albatross Two Adelaide: Rigby, 1977.

Der alte Leuchtturm (Hammerhead Light; Aus dem Australischen ubersetzt von Gertrud Rukschcio. Modling Austria: Verlag St. Gabriel, 1978.

Ballander boy / photographs by David Simpson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.

The best of Colin Thiele Adelaide: Rigby, 1980.

Blue Fin illustrated by Roger Haldane. Adelaide: Rigby, 1969.

Blue Fin illustrated by Roger Haldane. Adelaide: Rigby, 1971.

Blue Fin photographs by David Kynoch. Adelaide: Rigby, 1978.

Chadwick's Chimney / illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Sydney: Methuen of Australia, 1979.

Coorong captive Adelaide: Rigby, 1985.

Danny's egg / illustrated by Gwen Harrison. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, 1989.

Danny's egg / illustrated by Gwen Harrison. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1991.

Farmer Pelz's pumpkins / illustrated by Lucinda Hunnam. Glebe, N.S.W.: Walter McVitty, 1990.

Farmer Schulz's ducks / illustrated by Mary Milton. Glebe, N.S.W.: Walter McVitty Books, 1986.

February Dragon Adelaide: Rigby, 1965.

February Dragon Adelaide: Rigby, 1971.

February Dragon London: White Lion Publishers, 1975.

February Dragon Adelaide: Rigby, 1981, c1965.

The fire in the stone Adelaide: Rigby, 1973.

The fire in the stone Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books, 1981, c1973.

Flash flood / illustrated by Jean Elder. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Flip-Flop and Tiger Snake / illustrated by Jean Elder. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Gefahrliche Haie, sturmische See : zwei spannende Abenteurromane in einem Band (Seashores and shadows and Blue Fin); Ravensburg, Germany: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1994.

Gemma's Christmas Eve / pictures by Robert Roennfeldt. Adelaide: Openbook Publishers, 1994.

The Hammerhead Light Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

The Hammerhead Light Ringwood, Vic.: Puffin, 1991, c1976.

Die Insel des Flotenvogels (Magpie Island) / illustriert von Roger Heldane; (aus dem Australischen ubersetzt von Gertrud Rukschcio). Modling, Austria: Verl. St. Gabriel, 1976.

Jodie's journey Glebe, N.S.W.: Walter McVitty Books, 1988.

Jodie's journey Port Melbourne, Vic.: Lothian Books, 1997.

Der Junge und sein Pelikan (Storm Boy) / aus dem Englischen ubersetzt von Marianne Pietsch. Balve, W. Ger.: Engelbert-Verlag, 1973.

Landslide Port Melbourne: Lothian Books, 1997.

Die letzte Fahrt der Blue Fin (Blue Fin) / illustriert von Roger Haldane. Modling (Austria): St. Gabriel, 1979, c1969.

Little Tom Little / photographs by David Simpson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1981.

Magpie Island / illustrated by Roger Haldane. Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

Magpie Island / illustrated by Roger Haldane. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books, 1981, c1974.

Magpie Island (braille). Millswood, Braille Writing Association of South Australia; Hove, Townsend School for the Visually Impaired, n.d.

Martin's mountain Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1993.

The monster fish / illustrated by Craig Smith. Norwood, Omnibus Books, 1999.

Mrs Munch and Puffing Billy / illustrated by Nyorie Bungey. Adelaide, Rigby, 1967.

Pie l'oiseau solitaire (Magpie Island) / illustrations de Roger Haldare; (traduit de l'australien par Anne-Marie Chapouton); Paris: Flammarion, 1983.

Pinquo Adelaide: Rigby, 1983.

The rim of the morning: six stories Adelaide: Rigby, 1966.

The rim of the morning: six stories Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

The rim of the morning: six stories Adelaide: Rigby, 1981, c1966.

River Murray Mary / drawings by Robert Ingpen. Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.

River Murray Mary; and, Skipton's Landing Dee Why West, N.S.W.: Rigby, 1986, c1979.

Schafdiebe in der Nacht: Bubenjahre auf einer australischen Farm (Sun on the stubble). Zurich: Rascher, 1964.

Seashores and shadows Glebe, N.S.W.: Walter McVitty Books, 1985.

Seashores and shadows Ringwood, Vic.: Puffin, 1988, c1985.

The shadow on the hills Adelaide: Rigby, 1977.

Shatterbelt Glebe, N.S.W.: Walter McVitty Books, 1987.

The sknuks / drawings by Mary Milton. Adelaide: Rigby, 1977.

Snook takes a dip; based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin. Melbourne: L & S Publishing Co., 1979.

Speedy / with illustrations by Coral Tulloch. Norwood, Omnibus Books, 1991.

Stories short and tall Sydney: Weldon, 1989.

Storm Boy / illustrated by John Baily. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

Storm Boy / illustrated by John Baily. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Storm Boy / drawings by Robert Ingpen. Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

Storm Boy / photographs by David Kynoch. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

Storm Boy picture book / photographs by David Kynoch. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

The sun on the stubble Adelaide: Rigby, 1981, c1961.

The sun on the stubble Adelaide: Rigby, 1961.

The sun on the stubble Adelaide: Rigby, 1972.

The sun on the stubble Sydney: Lansdowne, 1996.

Tanya and Trixie / photographs by David Simpson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1980.

Thiele tales: three long stories for children Adelaide: Rigby, 1980.

Tigersnook; based on Colin Thiele's novel, Blue Fin. Melbourne: L & S Publishing Co., 1979.

The tuna that fell off a truck; based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin / drawings by Denise Wolfe. Melbourne: L. &. S. Publishing, 1979.

Uncle Gustav's ghosts Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

The undercover secret Adelaide: Rigby, 1982.

The valley between Adelaide: Rigby, 1981.

The valley between Adelaide: Rigby, 1982, c1981.

Yellow Jacket Jock / illustrations by Clifton Pugh. Melbourne: Cheshire, 1969.

Adult fiction

Labourers in the vineyard Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Labourers in the vineyard Adelaide: Rigby, 1972.

The seed's inheritance Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1986.

The seed's inheritance Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, c1986.

Non-fiction

The Adelaide story Frewville, Peacock Publications for ADS Channel 7, 1982.

Barossa Valley sketchbook / drawings by Jeanette McLeod. Adelaide: Rigby, 1968.

Barossa Valley sketchbook / drawings by Jeanette McLeod. Adelaide: Rigby, 1982, c1981.

The benedictions of Benjamin Gates / Arthur Burfield, Colin Thiele; with sketches by Chris Burfield. Wattle Park Teachers Centre, 1977.

The Bight / photographs by Mike McKelvey. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

Coorong / photographs: Mike McKelvey. Design: Sandy Hanson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1972.

Coorong / painting by Barbra Leslie. Mylor, B. Leslie, 1986.

Grains of mustard seed / research by Ron Gibbs. Adelaide: Education Dept., Sth. Australia, 1975.

Hans Heysen masterpieces / selected by David Heysen; introduction by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1977.

Heysen of Hahndorf Adelaide: Rigby, 1968.

Heysen of Hahndorf Adelaide: Rigby, 1969.

Heysen's early Hahndorf / illustrated, with early works by Sir Hans Heysen ; selected by David Heysen. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

Lincoln's Place / drawings by Robert Ingpen. Adelaide: Rigby, 1978.

The Little Desert / photographs by Jocelyn Burt. Adelaide: Rigby, 1975.

Maneater man: Alf Dean, the world's greatest shark hunter Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.

Range without man : the north Flinders / photographs by Mike McKelvey. Adelaide: Rigby, 1974.

Ranger's territory: the story of Frank Woerle; as told to Colin Thiele, North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, 1987.

Sir Hans Heysen, O.B.E by Colin Thiele. Historic Hahndorf by Stewart Cockburn. Adelaide, S. Aust.: s.n., 197-?.

Some ideas for conference organisers / by Ron O'Hare and Colin Thiele. Wattle Park, Wattle Park Teachers Centre, 1977.

Some ideas for conference organisers / by Ron O'Hare and Colin Thiele. Wattle Park, Wattle Park Teachers' Centre, 1979.

Something to crow about: a keyhole glimpse of South Australia / illustrated by Rex Millsteed. Adelaide: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1986.

South Australia revisited / with paintings by Charlotte Balfour. Adelaide: Rigby, 1986.

The state of our state: peeping at - South Australia Adelaide: Rigby, 1952.

The state of our state: peeping at - South Australia / ill. and printed by Technical Correspondence School. Adelaide: Technical Correspondence School, 195?.

A welcome to water / photographs by David Simpson, Ted James. Netley, Wakefield Press in association with the Engineering and Water Supply Dept., 1986.

With dew on my boots: a childhood revisited Montville, Qld.: Walter McVitty Books, 1997.

Poetry

Gloop the bunyip illustrated by Helen Sallis. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Gloop the gloomy bunyip / illustrated by John Bailey. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1962.

The golden lightning: poems Melbourne: Jindyworobak Publications, 1951.

In charcoal and conte Adelaide: Rigby, 1966.

Looking at poetry / edited by Colin Thiele. Melbourne: Longmans, 1960.

Looking at poetry / edited by Colin Thiele. Melbourne: Longmans, 1966.

Man in a landscape Adelaide, Rigby, 1960.

Poems in my luggage Norwood, Omnibus/Puffin, 1989.

Progress to denial: a poem / cover design by Margaret Preston. Adelaide: Jindyworobak Publication, 1945.

Selected verse Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, 1970.

Songs for my thongs illustrated by Sandy Burrows. Adelaide: Rigby, 1982.

Splinters and shards: poems Adelaide, Jindyworobak, 1945.

Tea for three / by Max Fatchen and Colin Thiele; illustrated by Craig Smith. Carlton, Vic.: Moondrake Australia, 1994.

Vale Wattle Park personae Wattle Park, Wattle Park Teachers' Centre, 1980.

Drama

On the air: five radio and television plays / edited by P.R. Smith. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1959. pp.35-99: 'Burke and Wills: a radio play for ten voices by Colin Thiele.'

Periodical articles

Australia now vol.15, no.1, 1992, pp.24-27. 'A special place in a writer's world.'

Australian author

Vol.13, no.1, January 1981, pp.15-18. 'The part-time writer - the agony and the ecstacy.' From a talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Australian Society of Authors in Adelaide on 3 May 1980.

Vol.20, no.1, March 1988, pp.2-4. 'The candle and the star.' Colin Simpson Memorial Address given at the 25th Anniversary Dinner of the Australian Society of Authors, Sydney, on 19 March 1988.

Opinion vol.19, no.2, 1990, pp.2-3. 'Change and short change.' Opening address given at the South Australian English Teachers Association Conference Dinner.

South Australian teachers journal vol.17, no.14, 22 November 1985, p.3. 'Society expects too much of education.'

Edited or compiled by Colin Thiele

Australian poets speak / edited by Colin Thiele, Ian Mudie. Adelaide: Rigby, c1961.

Beginners please: one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

Beginners please : one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Beginners please: one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1968.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

Handbook to favourite Australian stories compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

The living stage: one-act plays for secondary schools. Book 2 edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book one / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1962.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book one B14085173; compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1962.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1966.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book three compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book three compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Plays for young players compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson; illustrated by Helen Newell. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Setting the stage : one-act plays for secondary schools: Book 1 / edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1969.

Sound recordings

Snook takes a dip (sound recording) ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. S.l.: Klarion Enterprises for L. & S. Publishing. 1979.

Tigersnook (sound recording): based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. Milton, Qld.: L & S Educational Equipment, 1979.

The tuna that fell off a truck (sound recording): based on Colin Thiele's novel Blue Fin ; readings by Patricia Kennedy. Milton, Qld. : L & S Educational Equipment, 1979.

Video recordings and motion pictures

Blue Fin (videorecording). Adelaide: South Australian Film Corporation, c1977.

Cigarettes and matches (motion picture). Adelaide: Gerard Elder. producer, 1979.

Storm Boy (videorecording). Adelaide, South Australian Film Corporation, c1976.

Storm Boy (motion picture) / South Australian Film Corporation. New York: Learning Corp. of America, 1980.

The Water trolley (videorecording). Australia: Nine Network Australia, 1989.

About Colin Thiele

Books and pamphlets

Biographical and bibliographical material relating to Colin Thiele Prepared at Wattle Park Teachers Centre, 1980.

The early dreaming: Australian children's authors on childhood / compiled by Michael Dugan. Milton, Qld.: Jacaranda, 1980. pp.102-111: Thiele, Colin. 'Sunrise and starshine: a boyhood revisited.'

Illumination by delight: a chronology with excerpts / Colin Thiele; compiled by Stephanie Moss. Adelaide: Dept. of Education, Training and Employment, 1998.

McVitty, Walter. Innocence and experience; essays on contemporary Australian children's writers Melbourne: Nelson, 1981. pp.199-232, 'Colin Thiele: universality in the heart of man.'

The singing roads: a guide to Australian children's authors and illustrators / arr. and ed. By H. Anderson. 4th ed. Surrey Hills, N.S.W.: Wentworth Books, 1972. vol.1, pp.98-100, 'Colin Thiele.'

Something about the author Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1971-. vol.72, pp. 236-241, 'Colin (Milton) Thiele.'

Walker, Maxine. Writers alive: current Australian authors of books for children. Perth: Westbooks, 1977. pp.78-84, 'Colin Thiele.'

Edited or compiled by Colin Thiele

Australian poets speak / edited by Colin Thiele, Ian Mudie. Adelaide: Rigby, c1961.

Beginners please: one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

Beginners please : one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Beginners please: one-act plays for schools / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1968.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Favourite Australian stories / compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976.

Handbook to favourite Australian stories compiled by Colin Thiele. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

The living stage: one-act plays for secondary schools. Book 2 edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book one / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1962.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book one B14085173; compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1962.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1963.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book two / compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1966.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book three compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1964.

One-act plays for secondary schools. Book three compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1967.

Plays for young players compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson; illustrated by Helen Newell. Adelaide: Rigby, 1970.

Setting the stage : one-act plays for secondary schools: Book 1 / edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. Adelaide: Rigby, 1969.

Adelaide review (microform) no.2, April 1984, p.17. McNicholas, Martina. 'Colin Thiele's uncompromising success formula.'

The Advertiser (microform)

21 July 1965, p.8.

'New head of college.' Mr. C.M. Thiele appointed principal of Wattle Park Teachers College.

11 June 1977, p.1. 'Top S.A. award for author.' Companion of the Order of Australia award conferred on author and educator Mr. Colin Milton Thiele.

11 June 1977, p.1. Fatchen, Max. 'He gives joy to children.'

8 November 1979, p.2. 'Award to S.A. author.' Austrian State Prize for children's books. (brief).

27 September 1980, p.12. 'Three get awards.' Advance Australia award conferred on Mr Thiele for his contribution to children's literature.(brief).

8 November 1980, p.21. Fatchen, Max. 'A man for all literary seasons.'

8 November 1980, p.21. Thiele, C. 'Childhood and change.'

19 November 1980, p.3. MacLean, Sheena. 'Emotional day of tribute to author Colin Thiele.' Will retire at the end of the year from his post as director of Wattle Park Teachers College.

24 July 1982, p.30. Brechin, Robbie. 'Colin Thiele now knows where he is.'

7 April 1986, p.20. Thiele wins book prize for Pinquo.

6 May 1986, p.2. 'Colin Thiele's still prolific in his novel occupation.'

22 May 1989, p.12. 'Bringing books to life with pictures.'

25 August 1993, p.1. Hackett, Peter. 'Heading north fits the bill for Thiele.'

6 November 1995, p.9. Hurrell, Bronwyn. 'Eudunda salutes favorite sic son.'

7 June 1997: Weekend pp.6-7. Brice, Chris. 'A childhood revisited.'

7 September 1999, p.3. Hein, Mel. 'Writing for the joy of it: Uni honours author Colin Thiele.'

National Times Week ending 18 November 1978, p.59. Covernton, Helen. 'The ink of Colin Thiele's past.'

Sunday mail 26 October 1980, pp.38-39. Lloyd, Maureen. 'Now our Colin really has time to write: children's author retires to just one job.'

Address by Colin Thiele (sound recording). 1961. Talk by Colin Thiele about his poetry, including readings of several poems. OH 316

Colin Thiele. Papers of Colin Thiele, author, comprising literary manuscripts of his books 'Sun on the stubble' and 'Heysen of Hahndorf'; audio tapes of interviews with Sir Hans Heysen and Colin Thiele speaking on radio; occasional papers 1986-1991, typescripts of novels, short stories and poems; typescript of addresses 1954-1988; letters of appreciation 1993; reviews by Colin Thiele for other authors' works; printed periodicals featuring articles contributed by the author; poster and outsize retirement card. ca.1954-1993. PRG 992

Lecture: 'Environment and the writer' (sound recording). 1964. An unidentified session chair introduces Colin Thiele as speaker. OH 372/4

Radio play adapted from 'February Dragon' by Colin Thiele (sound recording). 1967. OH 513/69

Portrait: Colin Thiele, author, standing with children who are holding some of his books during a Children's Book Week in South Australia. 1975.

Portrait: Colin Thiele with children standing around watching him sign one of his books. 1980.

Reviews

There is a comprehensive list of book review citations of Colin Thiele's works available from the Children's Literature Research Collection.