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CapricorniaXavier Herbert

Capricornia

Xavier Herbert, Xavier Herbert
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Spanning three generations‚ Capricornia tells the story of Australia's North. It is a story of whites and Aborigines and Asians‚ of chance relationships that can form bonds for life‚ of dispossession‚ murder and betrayal. In 1904 the brothers Oscar and Mark Shillingsworth‚ clad in serge suits and bowler hats‚ arrive in Port Zodiac on the coast of Capricornia. They are clerks who have come from the South to join the Capricornian Government Service. Oscar prospers‚ and takes to his new life as a gentleman. Mark‚ however‚ is restless‚ and takes up with old Ned Krater‚ a trepang fisherman‚ who…

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11 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1992
    Harpercollins · 9780020717027
  • Other · English · 2013
    HarperCollins Publishers Australia · 9780732296995
  • Other · English · 2010
    Angus & Robertson · 9780732289461
  • Other · English · 2009
    HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007321087
  • Other · English · 2008
    Harper · 569 pages · 9780007311569
  • Other · English · 2002
    A&R Classics · 577 pages · 9780207199554
Race relationsAboriginal AustraliansFrontier and pioneer lifeFictionFiction, historical, generalNorthwest territories, fictionFrontier and pioneer life, fictionAustralian Political fiction