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In Sydney during the 1960s, the protagonist is attending college when she is summoned to return to the family property, Warratah Cattle Station, to face the ire of her indomitable mother.
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Dedication: I dedicate this story to the people I met on my travels around Australia, without whom I could never capture the true colour and warmth of the outback...
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Epigraph: I dreamed that as I wandered by the way,/ Bare winter suddenly was changed to spring./ There grew pied wind-flowers and violets/ Daisies, those pearled Arcuturi of the earth,/ The constellated flower that never sets; - P. B. Shelley 1792-1822
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- Also sound recording (English and German), large print.
Last amended 13 May 2008 17:06:34
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- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Rural,
- 1960s
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