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Keep Him My Country
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Keep Him My Country

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When 19-year-old Stan Rolt strikes out for the Northern Territory, determined to manage an ailing family cattle station, he plays into the hands of his manipulative grandfather. Intending to spend two years at Trafalgar Station, he stays fifteen, his soul captured by the harsh but haunting country of Kimberley. Try as he might, he can’t seem to escape its clutches, even though it killed his father and threatens also to bring him down. He is held there by the dependence of the people, black and white, and the memory of a tragic love affair that still haunts him… ‘… for anyone with Australia in their blood it is compulsory reading.’ THE AGE ‘A powerful novel in a man’s world of mustering, horse-breaking and crocodile hunting with an interlude of idyllic and tragic love. Leaves one with a lasting memory of white men and black working together in a strange wild country.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ‘Salty humour and a deep respect for those who come to terms with an uncompromising outback.’ CANBERRA TIMES Dame Mary Durack Miller DBE OBE was born to the heritage of a pioneering family. Long recognised as one of Australia’s great literary figures, she wrote 15 books, short stories, poetry, plays and film scripts. At the time of her death in 1994 she was working with producer Paul Barron on the screen adaptation of KINGS IN GRASS CASTLES.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Country
Australia
Date
1 January 1999
Pages
302
ISBN
9781863251662

When 19-year-old Stan Rolt strikes out for the Northern Territory, determined to manage an ailing family cattle station, he plays into the hands of his manipulative grandfather. Intending to spend two years at Trafalgar Station, he stays fifteen, his soul captured by the harsh but haunting country of Kimberley. Try as he might, he can’t seem to escape its clutches, even though it killed his father and threatens also to bring him down. He is held there by the dependence of the people, black and white, and the memory of a tragic love affair that still haunts him… ‘… for anyone with Australia in their blood it is compulsory reading.’ THE AGE ‘A powerful novel in a man’s world of mustering, horse-breaking and crocodile hunting with an interlude of idyllic and tragic love. Leaves one with a lasting memory of white men and black working together in a strange wild country.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ‘Salty humour and a deep respect for those who come to terms with an uncompromising outback.’ CANBERRA TIMES Dame Mary Durack Miller DBE OBE was born to the heritage of a pioneering family. Long recognised as one of Australia’s great literary figures, she wrote 15 books, short stories, poetry, plays and film scripts. At the time of her death in 1994 she was working with producer Paul Barron on the screen adaptation of KINGS IN GRASS CASTLES.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Country
Australia
Date
1 January 1999
Pages
302
ISBN
9781863251662