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'1854, the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle. Ballarat is teeming with miners and rebels, and Irish-born Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own.
'I'm a daughter of my homeland. We're Irish. It's all we need to know.'
'This isn't Ireland, Niamh.' Kilkenny Pat cut through her words. 'It's a new country.
Even the English aren't English here.'
'It is 1854 and Ballarat is teeming with miners, dreamers and rebels. On the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle, Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own. Torn between his Irish upbringing and his friendship with an English boy called Matthew Ward, Fintan must make a stand. Will he be dominated by the hatreds of the old world or will he find a new way to live in the new country?
'Vivid and powerful, The Valley of Blood and Gold evokes a moment in history that is entrenched in Australian national heritage.'
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2011
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review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War [et al]
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War 2011 selected work children's fiction non-fiction ; Simpson's Donkey : A Wartime Journey to Gallipoli and Beyond 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 43)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 March 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel
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Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 March 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 43)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War [et al]
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War 2011 selected work children's fiction non-fiction ; Simpson's Donkey : A Wartime Journey to Gallipoli and Beyond 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold 2011 single work novel
- Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
- 1854