Author: Melissa Lucashenko
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702267740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Granny Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives. In this brilliant epic novel, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland' s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.
Edenglassie
Author: Melissa Lucashenko
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702267740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Granny Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives. In this brilliant epic novel, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland' s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702267740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Granny Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives. In this brilliant epic novel, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland' s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.
The House of Gordon
Author: John Malcolm Bulloch
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The House of Gorden: Bibliography of Gordon genealogy. The Balbithan ms. Abergeldie, by the editor. Coclarachie, by Stephen Ree. Gight, by the editor. Appendices
Author: John Malcolm Bulloch
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Memoirs touching the revolution in Scotland, M.DC.LXXXVIII-M.DC.XC. [ed. by A.W.C. Lindsay].
Author: Colin Lindsay (3rd earl of Balcarres.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The House of Gordon: Bibliography of Gordon genealogy. The Balbithan ms. Abergeldie, by the editor. Coclarachie, by Stephen Ree. Gight, by the editor. Appendices
Author: John Malcolm Bulloch
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Mullumbimby
Author: Melissa Lucashenko
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN: 0702250953
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbors, and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Told with dark humor and a sharp, satirical eye, "Mullumbimby "is a modern novel about romantic love and cultural warfare set against an ancient land.
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN: 0702250953
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbors, and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Told with dark humor and a sharp, satirical eye, "Mullumbimby "is a modern novel about romantic love and cultural warfare set against an ancient land.
Publications
Author: Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Fiction Gateway
Author: Suzanne Eberlé
Publisher: Aust Council for Ed Research
ISBN: 0864318804
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
In this guide, two experienced school librarians provide a selection of books for librarians, teachers and parents. The Fiction Gateway is an essential resource that supports individual, group and social reading program and provides an instant guide to matching children's interests with suitable reading material.
Publisher: Aust Council for Ed Research
ISBN: 0864318804
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
In this guide, two experienced school librarians provide a selection of books for librarians, teachers and parents. The Fiction Gateway is an essential resource that supports individual, group and social reading program and provides an instant guide to matching children's interests with suitable reading material.
Sam Weller's Pickwick Jest-book, in which are Concentrated All the Funny Sayings of Sam and His Companions
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Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time
Author: John Henniker Heaton
Publisher: Sydney [etc.] G. Robertson
ISBN:
Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher: Sydney [etc.] G. Robertson
ISBN:
Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description