TY  - BOOK
AU  - French,Jackie
TI  - Birrung, the secret friend
SN  - 0732299438 :
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Sydney, N.S.W.
PB  - Angus & Robertson
KW  - Secret friends
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Families
KW  - Australia
KW  - Family secrets
N1  - For ages 7-10
N2  - Birrung, a young indigenous girl, befriends orphaned Barney and his friend Elsie. Birrung is living with Mr Johnson, chaplain to the Australian colony in 1790, and his family. Generous in spirit, the Johnson family also take in Barney and Elsie who have only just been surviving on their meagre daily rations. Despite living with the Johnsons, Birrung's connection to her people remains strong, and when Mr and Mrs Johnson see how Barney's feeling for Birrung are growing, they gently explain that his friendship with a 'native' girl and all that she taught him about her language and lore must remain a secret - forever
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