The Road from Coorain
E501616
The Road from Coorain is Jill Ker Conway’s acclaimed memoir recounting her childhood on an Australian sheep station and her journey toward becoming a pioneering academic and feminist thinker.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Road from Coorain canonical | 5 |
| The Road from Coorain (television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5195050 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Road from Coorain Context triple: [Geoff Burton, notableWork, The Road from Coorain]
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A.
Drover
"Drover" is a song by Bill Callahan from his 2011 album *Apocalypse*, known for its vivid storytelling and sparse, Americana-infused sound.
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B.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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C.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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D.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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E.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Road from Coorain Target entity description: The Road from Coorain is Jill Ker Conway’s acclaimed memoir recounting her childhood on an Australian sheep station and her journey toward becoming a pioneering academic and feminist thinker.
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A.
Drover
"Drover" is a song by Bill Callahan from his 2011 album *Apocalypse*, known for its vivid storytelling and sparse, Americana-infused sound.
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B.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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C.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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D.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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E.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Road from Coorain (television film)
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linked to:
The Road from Coorain
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| adaptationReleaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Jill Ker Conway ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| describes |
Conway’s education
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Conway’s intellectual development ⓘ Conway’s move from Australia to the United States ⓘ Conway’s relationship with her parents ⓘ impact of drought on rural life ⓘ life on an isolated sheep station ⓘ |
| followedBy |
A Woman’s Education
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True North ⓘ |
| follows | Jill Ker Conway’s early life ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of Conway’s childhood at Coorain
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accounts of boarding school experiences ⓘ accounts of early academic career ⓘ accounts of university life in Sydney ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Australian outback
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linked to:
Australian Outback
Jill Ker Conway ⓘ childhood ⓘ education ⓘ feminism ⓘ women in academia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
insight into development of a feminist scholar
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portrayal of women’s lives in mid-20th-century Australia ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Jill Ker Conway autobiographical trilogy
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linked to:
Jill Ker Conway
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| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Australian sheep station
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New South Wales ⓘ |
| theme |
class and social mobility
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education as liberation ⓘ feminist consciousness ⓘ gender roles ⓘ grief and loss ⓘ identity formation ⓘ rural isolation ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road from Coorain Description of subject: The Road from Coorain is Jill Ker Conway’s acclaimed memoir recounting her childhood on an Australian sheep station and her journey toward becoming a pioneering academic and feminist thinker.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Road from Coorain