Christobel Mattingley Explained

Christobel Mattingley
Birth Name:	Christobel Rosemary Shepley
Birth Date:	26 October 1931
Birth Place:	Brighton, South Australia
Death Place:	Glenside, South Australia
Occupation:	Author
Nationality:	Australian
Alma Mater:	University of Tasmania

Christobel Rosemary Mattingley (26 October 1931 – 1 June 2019)^{[1] [2]} was an Australian author of books for children and adults.^[3] Her book Rummage won the and in 1982. In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Mattingley was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues".^[4]

Her last book was Maralinga's long shadow: Yvonne's story, which was published in 2016^[5] and won the 2017 the Young People's History Prize at the NSW Premier's History Awards.^[6]

Bibliography

Children's books

• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan . The picnic dog . London . Hamish Hamilton . 1970 .
• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . Queen of the Wheat Castles . Leicester, UK . Brockhampton Press . 1973 .
• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . Illustrated by Patricia Mullins . Rummage . Sydney . Angus & Robertson . 1981 .
• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story . Crows Nest, NSW . Allen & Unwin . 2016 .
• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . Illustrated by Helen Sallis . Lizard Log . Australia . Hodder & Stoughton . 1975 .

Young adult books

• Book: Mattingley, Christobel . No Gun for Asmir . Melbourne . Text Publishing . 1993 .
• Mattingley, Christobel (1996). Escape from Sarajevo.^[7]

Adult non-fiction

• *Book: Mattingley, Christobel . King of the Wilderness: The Life of Deny King . Melbourne . Text Publishing . 2002 .

Essays and reporting

• Mattingley, Christobel . Dec 2001 . What an exciting find! Deny King's contributions to science . National Library of Australia News . XII . 3 . 7–10 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120119224400/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/131760/20120120-0944/www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2001/dec01/dec01news.html . dead . 2012-01-19 .
• Mattingley, Christobel . 1 . Jan 2002 . 'You have made history' : Deny King's contributions to science . National Library of Australia News . XII . 4 . 7–10 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120119224400/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/131760/20120120-0944/www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2002/jan02/index.html . dead . 2012-01-19 .
• Mattingley, Christobel . 1 . Dec 2009 . Feisty females : some early Australian 'lady pilots' . The National Library Magazine . 1 . 4 . 24–27 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150526005800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/152715/20150526-1058/www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2009/dec09/index.html . dead . 2015-05-26 .

Books

• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan. The picnic dog . 1970.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe. The windmill at Magpie Creek . 1971.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan. Worm weather . 1971.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe. Emu kite . 1972.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe. Queen of the wheat castles . 1973.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. The battle of the galah trees . 1973.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Helen Sallis. Show and tell . 1974.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan. The surprise mouse . 1974.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Walter Stackpool. Lizard log . 1975.
• Book: Mattingley . . The special present . 1976.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Helen Sallis. The long walk . 1976.
• Book: Mattingley. Recent translations of European fiction for older children and young adults. 1977.
• Book: Mattingley. New patches for old. 1977.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. The big swim . 1977.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe. The jetty . 1978.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Tony Oliver. Budgerigar blue . 1978.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Craig Smith. Black dog . 1979.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. Brave with Ben . 1981.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. Rummage . 1981.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Astra Lacis. Lexl and the lion party . 1982.
• Book: Mattingley. Southerly buster. 1983.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. Duck boy . 1983.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. The magic saddle . 1983.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Astra Lacis. The angel with a mouth-organ . 1983.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Christina Brimage. Ghost sitter . 1984.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi. The miracle tree . 1985.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Carol McLean-Carr. McGruer and the goat. 1987.
• Book: The Nungas. edited and researched by Christobel Mattingley, co-edited by Ken Hampton. Survival in our own land: "Aboriginal" experiences in "South Australia" since 1836. 1988.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Carol McLean-Carr. The butcher, the beagle and the dog catcher. 1990.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Will Mahony. The great Ballagundi damper bake . 1991.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Jeanie Adams, Yankunytjatjara translation by Lucy Lester, Sandra Ken and Greg Wilson. Maiku walytjapiti = Tucker's mob . 1992.
• Book: Mattingley. Debatable issues. 1992.
• Book: The Nungas. edited and researched by Christobel Mattingley, co-edited by Ken Hampton. Survival in our own land: "Aboriginal" experiences in "South Australia" since 1836 (Revised Edition). 1992.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. No gun for Asmir . 1993.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Simon Kneebone. The sack . 1993.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. The race . 1994.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. Asmir in Vienna. 1995.
• Book: Mattingley. Escape from Sarajevo . 1996.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Mark Wilson. Daniel's secret . 1997.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Simon Kneebone. Work wanted . 1998.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Michael Johnson. Hurry up, Alice! . 1998.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Margaret Power. Big sister, little sister . 1999.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Susy Boyer Rigby. Cockawun and Cockatoo . 1999.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Craig Smith. First friend . 2000.
• Book: Mattingley. King of the wilderness: the life of Deny King. 2001.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Anne Ferguson. Tiger's milk . 2002.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Janet Fenton. Ruby of Trowutta: recollections of a country postmistress. 2003.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by Margaret Power. Ginger . 2003.
• Book: Mattingley. Nest egg: the Christobel Mattingley reciter: a clutch of poems. 2005.
• Book: Mattingley. Battle order 204: a bomber pilot's story. 2007.
• Book: Mattingley. Chelonia Green: champion of turtles. 2008.
• Book: Mattingley. Compiled with Yalata and Oak Valley community elders. Maralinga, the Anangu Story . 2009.
• Book: Mattingley. For the love of nature: E.E. Gostelow's birds & flowers. 2010.
• Book: Mattingley. A brilliant touch: Adam Forster's wildflower paintings. 2010.
• Book: Mattingley. The eye of the beholder: Peter Dombrovskis, photographer, champion of wilderness. 2011.
• Book: Mattingley. My father's islands: Abel Tasman's heroic voyages. 2012.
• Book: Mattingley. Seen but not heard: Lilian Medland's birds. 2014.
• Book: Mattingley. Illustrated by David Kennett. Forward march . 2016.
• Book: Mattingley. Maralinga's long shadow: Yvonne's story. 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: RiP Christobel Mattingley . Books+Publishing . 9 June 2019 . en-AU.
2. News: Christobel MATTINGLEY Death Notice - Glenside, South Australia . 9 June 2019 . The Canberra Times.
3. Web site: Christobel Mattingley. Austlit. www.austlit.edu.au. 2016-07-04.
4. Web site: Christobel Rosemary Mattingley. honours.pmc.gov.au. 2019-07-03.
5. Book: Mattingley, Christobel. Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story. Edwards. interviewee.), Yvonn. 2016. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin. 978-1-76029-017-7. en.
6. Web site: 2017-09-04. Winners of the 2017 NSW Premier's History Awards announced. 2021-08-17. Books & Publishing.
7. Book: Mattingley, Christobel. Escape from Sarajevo. 1996. Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin Books. 0140375252. en.