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The Incredible Journey
London
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Jonathan Cape
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1923
Z821973
1923
single work
novel
'First published in 1923, The Incredible Journey tells the story of Iliapa, an Aboriginal woman, who embarks on a long, arduous journey through the Australian outback in search of her son after he is abducted by a white man. Catherine Martin said that she wrote this novel 'in order to put on record, as faithfully as possible, the heroic love and devotion of a black woman when robbed of her child'.'
'The novel presents a vivid picture of the Aboriginal people (viewed through the eyes of a white novelist), their culture, their dispossession and, in particular, this abhorrent white practice of taking Aboriginal children away from their parents.' (Source: Goodreads website)
London : Pandora , 1987 - y Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill : An Australian Novel 1888 Z1080459 1888 single work novel London Sydney : Pandora , 1987
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Outlaw and Lawmaker
London
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Chatto and Windus
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1893
Z867373
1893
single work
novel
'The text follows the romance between a reckless Australian maiden, Elsie Valliant, and a brash Irish Radical turned Australian Bushranger, Morres Blake - alias, Moonlight - in the untamed wilds of Leichardt's Land, a fictional area of Queensland...Praed's Outlaw and Lawmaker explores the intricacies of emerging Australian colonial life in light of the many questions concerning women's rights, roles and positions in the new world.'
London : Pandora , 1988 - y An Australian Girl London : Richard Bentley , 1890 Z822219 1890 single work novel London : Pandora , 1988