Set entirely in Western Australia it traces the seven generations of this one man Anthony Barnabas Curtis who had humble beginnings at the Swan River Colony (now known as Fremantle) in 1830, just 14 months after it was founded.
Western Australia
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Author:Farrall, PamelaSummary: - Author:HOLMES a`COURT, Ethnee`Summary:
Mother of Robert Holmes a` Court recounts her life.
- Author:PRICE, ColinSummary:
She came with courage and determination. This is the story of a young girl who came to the Avon Valley in Western Australia to be married at the end of the nineteenth century. Life was not easy, but she was supported by her neighbours...
- Author:PRICHARD, Katharine SusannahSummary:
This is a story of the goldfields of Western Australia. Not only of the gold industry as it was, but also the lives of many of the people involved.
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Author:HAY, SarahSummary:Story of an English woman shipwrecked off the WA coast in the 1830's.
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Author:Robert Drewe and John KinsellaSummary:"In memoir, stories and poems, Drewe and Kinsella celebrate the all-pervasive Western Australian geological element of sand ..." Summary Renowned novelist and creative non-fiction writer, Robert Drewe, teams up with...
- Author:Holland-Mcnair, LisaSummary:
The twelve women interviewed in this book all share a strong attachment to the physical and spiritual beauty of the Pilbara, in the northwest of Western Australia. A common bond between the four indigenous and eight non-indigenous women...
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Author:Anna HaebichSummary:Between 1907 and 1908, three small children died in Perth, Western Australia. It was claimed that their stepmother, Martha Rendell, murdered them. Public opinion, inflamed by horrific descriptions of how the children were poisoned,...
- Author:Corrigan, FlorenceSummary:
A story of hardship and heartache in the rough Pilbara outback. An inspiring memoir from Florence Corrigan, who spent her childhood in bough shelters and makeshift camps, looking after her younger siblings, while her parents eked out a...
- Author:Burningham, NickSummary:
Take a river journey in a small boat with Nick Burningham at the helm. Messing About in Earnest is a delightful blend of travel writing, history, geography and real-life adventure. Nick drifts down the Swan and Canning Rivers in his...
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Author:Wolfer, DianneSummary:Fay lives alone on windswept Breaksea Island with only her journal to confide in. Life changes dramatically in 1914 when war is declared and the 30,000 men of the combined Australian New Zealand Imperial Forces gather in Albany. Fay...
- Author:Foulkes-Taylor, JanoSummary:
A collation of a variety of stories, yarns, poems, images and photos that reflect the historical significance of families and the thousands of people who directly and indirectly are associated with Western Australian country living...
- Author:BURRELL, KathSummary:
An account of a pre-war girlhood in a little English village, the migration of a family to Australia and the joys and sorrows attendant upon such a move.
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:The final part of the Blake sisters saga set in Lancashire and Western Australia in the 1860s
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An audio tour of the Nullarbor plain in southern Australia.
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:In the untamed outback of Western Australia, the Blake sisters are together again despite what seemed like insurmountable odds. For Cassandra, reunited at last with the man she loves, the Swan River Colony is a refuge that seems like a...
- Author:SCOTLAND, Laurel, SCOTLAND, TomSummary:
This book tells the stories of Tom and Laurel Scotland, a West Australian couple. The book deals with their meeting, marriage and twenty-two years work as missionaries with WEC International, and subsequent chaplaincy and counselling...
- Author:Tilley, GeoffSummary:
By thirty Geoff Tilley had attained his Foreign-Going Master Certificate, the highest qualification in the merchant marine. Not long after he took a job with the Fremantle Stevedoring Company. Soon he was the youngest and highest paid...
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Author:Maris MortonSummary:When Mary Lanyon takes on the job of temporary housekeeper at Downe, her task is to get the house back into shape for the wedding of the only son and heir, Martin. When she arrives, however, Mary realises things are not right. The owner...
