This is a tiger town, a place at the bottom of the world where God turns a blind eye to pillage and plunder.' Van Diemen's Land was an island of stark contrasts; a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its landed gentry,...
Tasmania
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Author:Nunn, JudySummary: - Author:Freeman, KimberleySummary:
Un rendez-vous inoubliable avec deux femmes inspirantes! En 1929, Beattie Blaxland a de grands rêves: elle régnera sur un empire de mode, d’étoffes et de richesses et pourra enfin oublier ses origines misérables. Une grossesse inopinée...
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Author:Ford, Catt, Kennedy, SeanSummary:Stodgy British archivist Henry Percival-Smythe slaves away in the dusty basement of Ealing College in 1934, the only bright spot in his life is his obsession with a strange Australian mammal, the thylacine. It has been hunted to the...
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Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:It’s 1842. 14-year-old Jennie Lawrence has been found guilty of stealing, and finds herself aboard one of the few women-only convict ships destined for Australia.
Jennie had been desperate – and, as she gets to know the other...
