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Harriet was a real tortoise from the Galapagos Islands... who lived for most of her long, long life in Queensland.
When Harriet died in 2006, at the great age of about 175-years-old, she had become one of the world's most famous tortoises.
It was said she was one of the tortoises collected by the great naturalist Charles Darwin and the ship HMS Beagle, when it visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
But was she? In the story of Harriet Anthony Hill tried to find out... (Source: Author's website)
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Books Kids
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 - 24 September 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Harriet 2006 single work children's fiction -
Under Age
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 September 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Lonesome Howl 2006 single work novel ; Harriet 2006 single work children's fiction ; The Music Tree 2006 single work picture book
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Under Age
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 September 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Lonesome Howl 2006 single work novel ; Harriet 2006 single work children's fiction ; The Music Tree 2006 single work picture book -
Books Kids
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 - 24 September 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Harriet 2006 single work children's fiction
Last amended 5 Jun 2020 10:23:18
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Galapagos Islands,
cEcuador,cSouth America, Americas,
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