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'Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death. But is seventeen-year-old Jed a con artist or a survivor? When she turns up at Drinkwater Station claiming to be the great - granddaughter of Matilda Thompson's dying husband, Jed clearly has secrets. As does a veteran called Nicholas, who was badly wounded in the Vietnam War and now must try to create a life he truly wants to live, despite the ghosts that haunt him too. Set during the turbulence of the late 1960s, this was a time when brilliant and little - known endeavours saw Australia play a vital role in Neil Armstrong's 'one giant leap for mankind' on that first unforgettable moon walk. The fifth title in the highly acclaimed Matilda Saga, The Ghost by the Billabong is a story of deep conflicts and enduring passions - for other people, for the land, and for the future of humanity.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Other Formats
- Also dyslexic edition.
- Also large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Review : The Ghost by the Billabong
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 41)
— Review of The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction -
The Ghost by the Billabong (Matilda Saga #5)
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , March 2016;
— Review of The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction -
Well Read
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of Clancy of the Undertow 2015 single work novel ; The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction
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Well Read
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of Clancy of the Undertow 2015 single work novel ; The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction -
The Ghost by the Billabong (Matilda Saga #5)
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , March 2016;
— Review of The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction -
Review : The Ghost by the Billabong
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 41)
— Review of The Ghost by the Billabong 2015 single work children's fiction
Awards
- 1968