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The Shiralee Author: D'Arcy Niland

ISBN: 9780143204732 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 264 Published: 28 June 2010 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 18.0 x 11.2 x 1.5 Description: Everyone has their cross to bear - their swag, their shiralee - and for Macauley, walking across New South Wales in search of work, it is his young daughter who has to suffer his resentment at having her in tow. But then, he discovers that the ties that bind can be as much a comfort as a burden, and what he thought of as his Shiralee could be the one thing that will save him from himself.

This classic Australian novel perfectly captures the spirit of the bush and the tough, resilient people of the outback.

Author Biography

D'Arcy Niland was born in Glen Innes, New South Wales, andspent much of his boyhood travelling with his Irish father. He beganwork as a copyboy on the Sydney Sun but soon left to travelthe country, where he led an adventurous life, working in a widevariety of jobs - as an opal miner, circushand, stevedor and woolshed rouse about.

He married the writer, Ruth Park, in 1942 and they settled inSydney where Niland worked as a writer, television and filmscriptwriter and magazine editor. He died suddenly in 1967, two daysafter completing his last novel; he was forty-seven. ...

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