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'Bertha Schippan, beautiful but headstrong daughter of a Wendish-German family, is murdered on New Year's Day, 1902. A posse of Adelaide police arrive at the family's lonely Murray Flats farm thirty-six hours later, but by the time an Aboriginal tracker can start his work, a gale has blown all clues away. An inquest sends her elder sister Mary to trial. But why would she kill Bertha when everyone knew them as loving companions?
The Noon Lady of Towitta, a novel based on real events, entwines fact and folktale to delve into the secrets of a family haunted by its past and ruled by a devout and tyrannical father.' (Wakefield Press website)
Notes
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Dedication:
for
Roger Andre,
who made this novel possible.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 January 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel ; Nowhere Man 2010 single work novel -
High Noon on a Deathbed
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel
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High Noon on a Deathbed
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel ; Nowhere Man 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 January 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta 2010 single work novel
Awards
Last amended 10 Feb 2021 12:11:54
Settings:
- South Australia,
- Adelaide, South Australia,
- ca. 1919
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