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'“How are they losing their children like this, all over the country? They aren’t used to the desert.”
'These are the thoughts of a Pashtun cameleer in Fiona McFarlane’s second novel, The Sun Walks Down, set in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges in 1883. This “bit part” cameleer is one of the few characters with a first-person address in McFarlane’s polyphonic, multifaceted saga that explores the cultural narrative, anxiety, and stain of white Australian presence on arid Australian land.' (Introduction)
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‘How Are They Losing Their Children like This?’ Fiona McFarlane’s Novel Interrogates the Stain of White Presence on Aboriginal Land
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