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y separately published work icon The Last Dry Creek single work   novel  
Is part of Serendipity Marie Mahood , 1996 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Last Dry Creek
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'The story continues the fortunes of the two families of rural battlers, one white and one aboriginal. Their children have grown to be adults and they must now cross the last dry creek. This is Marie Mahood’s metaphor for the calamitous Beef Depression of the seventies.

Well-known author, Tom Ronan, once said “It’s a tough country, where only the best of us come out even.” Marie’s two families of battlers, the Hardys and the Nelsons, come out even.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Ray and Elaine
    In appreciation of their long-time encouragement.
  • Sequel to A Bunch of Strays and Crocodile Dreaming.

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  • Also braille and sound recording.
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Related Works

y separately published work icon A Bunch of Strays : A Novel of the Outback Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1996 Z446584 1996 single work novel Set in Kimberley region of Western Australia, this novel is about the battle to establish a cattle station.
y separately published work icon Crocodile Dreaming : The Sequel to A Bunch of Strays Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1999 Z538547 1999 single work novel 'A one-armed Aboriginal boy and his foster-parents fight for the suvival of their Arnhem Land cattle station. The adventurous sequel to the bestselling "A Bunch of Strays", from the Outback author who gave us "Icing on the Damper", set in the Tanami Desert.' (Publication summary)

 
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Subjects:
  • 1970s
Settings:
  • Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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