West of sunset / by Margaret Kiddle ; illustrated by Anne Montgomery
- Bib ID:
- 2471539
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kiddle, Margaret, 1914-1958
- Edition:
- Paperback ed.
- Description:
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- Parkville, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1961
- 222 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Series:
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- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Melbourne paperbacks.
- Summary:
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In 1844 two young English girls, Jane and Harriet, emigrate to Australia but Jane's brother is not in Sydney to meet them. Luckily they find work on Mirabooka Station and experience life in the outback.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 3912
- Subject:
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- Children's stories, Australian
- Country life -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Sheep ranches -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations - Violent
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Sheep and wool
- Literature and stories - Fiction
- Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Mirrabooka (SW NSW SI55-07)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Montgomery, Anne
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Muir, Marcie. Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1949
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