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'The Mitchell family has run a prosperous sheep farm for generations and the youngest daughter, Sally, has just turned 20. She rides to the hounds and leads an indulged life. That is, until she shocks her parents by becoming involved with an older man. Scandalised, they try to pack her off to England, but Sally doesn't make it. After a wild spree in Sydney she has cashed in her ticket and, hell bent on adventure, takes a job as a governess on a remote cattle station - Barra Creek - in the Gulf country of Cape York. Untamed and crocodile infested, it is a land of deserts, jungles and wide rivers. Then the great stations were run by men who were loners and women who had to cope or leave. Decades later, in 2003, Sally learns a secret that will change many lives - including her own - and leave readers horrified on one hand, and smiling and crying on the other.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: Dedicated to...a special friend
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Author's note: While this is a work of fiction, please be aware that this novel is set in the 1960s when times were different regarding the treatment of, and attitudes to, the Indigenous people of Australia. This book reflects the language, customs and treatment of Aboriginal people on many outback stations at that time. It does not reflect contemporary mores or the opinion of the author. Many Aborigines who worked on stations in the Gulf in the 1960s and 1970s have been consulted about what those times were like.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Hearts Aflame in the Outback
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 January 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , November vol. 83 no. 5 2003; (p. 44)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Across This Vast Land, a Change is in the Air
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 December 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Ah, the Well-Fed Folk of Family Sagas
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 December 2003; (p. 12)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel ; The Touch 2003 single work novel -
Coy Meets Boy as Family Sagas Visit Old Haunts
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 December 2003; (p. 3)
— Review of The Touch 2003 single work novel ; Barra Creek 2003 single work novel
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Coy Meets Boy as Family Sagas Visit Old Haunts
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 December 2003; (p. 3)
— Review of The Touch 2003 single work novel ; Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Ah, the Well-Fed Folk of Family Sagas
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 December 2003; (p. 12)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel ; The Touch 2003 single work novel -
Across This Vast Land, a Change is in the Air
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 December 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , November vol. 83 no. 5 2003; (p. 44)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel -
Hearts Aflame in the Outback
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 January 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Barra Creek 2003 single work novel
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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cNew Zealand,cPacific Region,
- New South Wales,
- 1963-2003
