TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Nicole L. TI - Wild lands T2 - Read how you want 16 SN - 9781458765796 (paperback) U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2015///] CY - [Strawberry Hills, NSW] PB - ReadHowYouWant KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - New South Wales KW - Fiction KW - Pioneers KW - Australia KW - History KW - Large type books KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Australian fiction KW - Romance fiction N1 - ISBN 9781742759883 on title page verso is for the Bantam edition; Set in 16 point Verdana; Copyright page from the original book; "A woman in an untamed land. An Australian frontier on the brink of war"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references N2 - "New South Wales, 1837. Settlers in search of fertile country are venturing far outside the colony. Literally cutting a swathe through the bush with their bare hands, they lay claim to territory beyond government jurisdiction - and the reach of the law. As she accepts a position on one such farm, seventeen-year-old Kate Carter is unaware she is entering a land of outlaws, adventurers and murderous natives. Because the first people of this new world will no longer accept the white man's advance, and retaliatory attacks on both sides have made it a frontier on the brink of war. Into Kate's path comes Bronzewing, a young white man schooled by a settler family yet raised within an Aboriginal tribe. Caught between two worlds, Bronzewing strives to protect his adopted people and their vanishing civilisation. But as he and Kate will discover, 'beyond the outer limits' is a beautiful yet terrifying place, where it's impossible to know who is friend and who is enemy... "--Back cover ER -