The secret river / Kate Grenville ; read by Paul Blackwell.
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SoundPublisher number: BAB 130343 | Bolinda AudioPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, 2013Copyright date: ©2003Edition: MP3 edition ; UnabridgedDescription: 1 audio disc (10 hr., 48 min.) : MP3 ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781743175101Subject(s): Freedom -- Fiction | Convicts -- Fiction | Squatters -- Australia -- History -- Fiction | Hawkesbury River Region (N.S.W.) -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Australian fiction. | Audiobooks. DDC classification: aA823.3 Read by Paul Blackwell.Summary: In 1806 William Thornhill is transportd for life from the slums of London to New South Wales. His arrival with wife Sal and their children at first feels like a death sentence. But Thornhil discovers the colony can turn a person into a free man and eight years later he sails up the Hawkesbury and claims his own patch of ground. However, from the moment he sets foot on this land he has the feeling of being watched by the original inhabitants, the Darug people. There is tension between the Aboriginals and the new settlers and all are finding different ways to deal with it. As the situation spirals out of control Thornhill has to make the toughest decision of his life.
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| wnor- audio | Northam | F GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | MP3 | 31111049277658 |
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In 1806 William Thornhill is transportd for life from the slums of London to New South Wales. His arrival with wife Sal and their children at first feels like a death sentence. But Thornhil discovers the colony can turn a person into a free man and eight years later he sails up the Hawkesbury and claims his own patch of ground. However, from the moment he sets foot on this land he has the feeling of being watched by the original inhabitants, the Darug people. There is tension between the Aboriginals and the new settlers and all are finding different ways to deal with it. As the situation spirals out of control Thornhill has to make the toughest decision of his life.
Read by Paul Blackwell.
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