Ruth

Author

Publications

This page lists Ruth Park's published titles. It shows the publisher and date of the first edition of each title. The list is intended to be complete, but does not as yet include all of Park's many short stories, radio plays and magazine articles. Details of these will be added in due course.

Novels

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  • The Harp in the South,
    Sydney NSW: Angus and Robertson 1948,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1948

  • Poor Man's Orange,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1949,
    published in the USA as 12½ Plymouth Street,
    Boston Mass: Houghton Mifflin 1951

  • The Witch's Thorn,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1951,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1952

  • A Power of Roses,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1953,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1953

  • Pink Flannel,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1955,
    republished as Dear Hearts & Gentle People,
    Melbourne VIC: Penguin 1981

  • One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1957,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1958,
    published as The Frost and the Fire,
    Boston Mass: Houghton Mifflin 1958,
    Sydney NSW: Horwitz 1964

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  • The Good Looking Women,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1961,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1962,
    also published as Serpent's Delight,
    New York NY: Doubleday 1962

  • Swords and Crowns and Rings,
    Melbourne Vic: Thomas Nelson 1977,
    London UK: Michael Joseph 1978

  • Missus,
    Melbourne Vic: Thomas Nelson 1985

Drama

  • The Uninvited Guest,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1948

  • The Harp in the South, with Leslie Rees,
    performed 1949,
    Montmorency Vic: Yackandandah Playscripts 1987

  • No Decision, with D'Arcy Niland
    for Scottish TV 1961

Children's Books

  • The Hole in the Hill,
    Sydney NSW: Ure Smith 1961,
    published in the USA as Secret of the Maori Cave,
    New York NY: Doubleday 1964

  • The Ship's Cat,
    New York NY: St Martin's Press 1961,
    London UK: Macmillan and Co 1961

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  • The Road to Christmas,
    New York NY: St Martin's Press 1962,
    London UK: Macmillan and Co 1962

  • The Road Under the Sea,
    Sydney NSW: Ure Smith 1962

  • The Shaky Island,
    London UK: Constable 1962

  • Uncle Matt's Mountain,
    New York NY: St Martin's Press 1962,
    London UK: Macmillan and Co 1962

  • Airlift for Grandee,
    New York NY: St Martin's Press 1964,
    London UK: Macmillan and Co 1964

  • Ring for the Sorcerer,
    NZ: Dept of Education 1965,
    Sydney NSW: Horwitz-Martin 1967

  • The Sixpenny Island,
    Sydney NSW: Ure Smith 1968,
    published as Ten-Cent Island,
    New York NY: Doubleday 1968

  • Nuki and the Sea Serpent: a Maori Legend,
    London UK: Longmans Young Books 1969

  • The Runaway Bus,
    Sydney NSW: Hodder & Stoughton 1969

  • Callie's Castle,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1974

  • The Gigantic Balloon,
    Sydney NSW: Collins 1975,
    New York NY: Parent's Magazine Press 1976

  • Merchant Campbell,
    Sydney NSW: Collins 1976

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  • Roger Bandy,
    Adelaide SA: Rigby 1977,
    Melbourne VIC: Thomas Nelson 1987

  • Come Danger, Come Darkness,
    Sydney NSW: Hodder & Stoughton 1978

  • Playing Beatie Bow,
    Melbourne Vic: Thomas Nelson 1980

  • When the Wind Changed,
    Sydney NSW: Collins 1980

  • The Big Brass Key,
    Sydney NSW: Hodder & Stoughton 1983

  • My Sister Sif,
    Ringwood Vic: Viking Kestrel 1986

  • Callie's Family,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1988

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  • Things in Corners, short stories,
    Ringwood Vic: Viking Kestrel 1989

  • James,
    Ringwood Vic: Penguin 1991

  • Callie, combined volume of Callie's Castle and Callie's Family
    Sydney NSW: HarperCollins 2009

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat series:

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1962

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1964

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1965

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1966

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Snow,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1966

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat on a Rainy Day,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1969

    • The Muddle Headed Wombat in the Springtime,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1970

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat on the River,
      Sydney NSW: The Education Press 1970

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat and the Bush Band,
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1973

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    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat and the Invention,
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1975

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Clean-Up Day,
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1976

    • The Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat (combined volume of four stories),
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1979

    • More Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat (combined volume of four stories),
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1980

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat is Very Bad,
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1981

    • The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home,
      Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1982

  • The Muddleheaded Wombat, (combined volume of selected stories and essay on the origins of the Wombat series),
    Sydney NSW: HarperCollins 2010

Edited

  • The Penguin Best Stories of D'Arcy Niland,
    Ringwood Vic: Penguin 1987

Autobiography

  • The Drums Go Bang!, with D'Arcy Niland,
    Sydney NSW: Angus & Robertson 1956

  • A Fence Around the Cuckoo,
    Ringwood Vic: Viking Penguin Australia 1992

  • Fishing in the Styx,
    Ringwood Vic: Viking Penguin Australia 1993

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Non Fiction

  • Der Goldene Bumerang (The Golden Boomerang),
    Bremen Germany: Carl Schunemann Verlag 1955

  • The Companion Guide to Sydney,
    Sydney NSW: Collins 1973,
    published as Ruth Park's Sydney,
    Sydney NSW: Duffy & Snellgrove 1999

  • Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island,
    Sydney NSW: Serendip 1982

  • The Sydney We Love,
    Melbourne Vic: Thomas Nelson 1983

  • The Tasmania We Love,
    Melbourne Vic: Thomas Nelson 1987

  • Home Before Dark: The Story of Les Darcy, a Great Australian Hero,
    Ringwood Vic: Viking Australia 1995

Film Adaptations

  • Playing Beatie Bow,
    screenplay by Peter Gawler, directed by Donald Crombie, filmed in 1986