A Waltz for Matilda / Jackie French
- Bib ID:
- 7576912
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- French, Jackie, 1953-, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
- Description:
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- Pymble, N.S.W. ; New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, c2010
- Sydney,New South Wales : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
- 1 online resource (496 pages)
- ISBN:
- 9780730493969 (EPUB : : :)
- Series:
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- French, Jackie. The Matilda Saga ; 1.
- Matilda Saga.
- Summary:
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The story behind Banjo Paterson's iconic Australian song. Ages 10-14 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiled You'll come a‐waltzing Matilda with me...' In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he's wanted by the troopers. In front of his terrified daughter, he makes a stand against them, defiant to the last. 'You'll never catch me alive, said he...' Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl's journey towards independence. It is also the story of others who had no vote and very little but their dreams. Drawing on the well-known poem by A.B. Paterson and from events rooted in actual history, this is the untold story behind Australia's early years as an emerging nation. 'Jackie French has a passion for history, and an enviable ability to weave the fascinating minutiae of everyday life into a good story.' Magpies Magazine.
- Notes:
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- Imprint: HarperCollins.
- Young adult.
- Description based on print version record
- Subject:
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- Australian fiction
- Children's stories -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Swagmen -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Fiction
- Migrant labor -- Australia -- Fiction
- Depressions
- Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile Fiction - Historical - General
- JUVENILE FICTION / General
- JUVENILE FICTION -- General
- Migrant labor
- Australia
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- French, Jackie
- Music Publisher Number:
- EB00631577
- Copyright:
-
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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