By Shirley Walker
ISBN-10: 0702233676
ISBN-13: 9780702233678
Exploring 4 generations of existence in Australia, this tricky own historical past exhibits the insularity of small cities, inflexible type and caste divisions, and the results of 2 international wars on Australian lives. instructed with humor and dry wit, those amazing tales of pioneering struggles, deep non secular divisions, and clash in the family members support navigate the historical past of Australia—from the abundance of the japanese Byron Bay hinterland to the hardships of the northern soldier-settler farm in North Queensland. interesting and fascinating, this familial recollection is a revealing learn of Australia's past.
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