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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 House on the Hill
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my beloved daughter Stella and my sister Valerie Clare
  • A Net Full of Honey (1996) is an earlier version of this novel.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2005 .
      Extent: 454p.
      ISBN: 0143001361
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  • Also sound recording.
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Related Works

y separately published work icon A Net Full of Honey Estelle Pinney , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1996 Z431098 1996 single work novel historical fiction young adult 'Far north Queensland: the early 1920s. The three Dalton sisters - mercurial Belle, practical Molly, studious Josie, live together in Mrs Saunders's boarding house on Melton Hill, Townsville. Belle has stardust in her eyes as she tours the ranges with the dancing and singing "Rainbow Ramblers". Molly is head cook at King's Hotel ... Josie's bookish ambitions are thwarted by poverty and the rigid moral code of the time. "Those Dalton girls" are loved and respected by their friends, who include Nicos, owner of the Greek cafe; the gentle Hop Choy family; Fisherman Fred; and the irrepressible Harry Bartlett, photographer.' (Source: Back cover.)
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Works about this Work

Our Stories 2012 selected work extract
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 223 2012; (p. 6-7)
Tales of the Tropics Phil Brown , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 16 - 22 March no. 530 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 12)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Northern to the Core Patrick Watson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 January 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 January 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Action Dominates at the Expense of Reflection Dorothy Johnston , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 January 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 January 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Northern to the Core Patrick Watson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 January 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 12)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Tales of the Tropics Phil Brown , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 16 - 22 March no. 530 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of House on the Hill Estelle Pinney , 2005 single work novel
Our Stories 2012 selected work extract
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 223 2012; (p. 6-7)
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Subjects:
Settings:
  • Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
  • 1920s
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