The multiple effects of rainshadow
Astley, Thea, 1925-20042018
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Tracing the lead-up to and aftermath of a bloody showdown when the superintendent of a Queensland mission goes on a murderous rampage. In 1930 the superintendent of a mission on a Queensland island, driven mad by his wife's death, goes on a murderous rampage. Fearing for their lives, the other whites arm a young Indigenous man and order him to shoot Uncle Boss dead. The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow traces the lead-up to this bloody showdown and the repercussions in the years after - for Aboriginal people and the colonial overseers.
Main title:
The multiple effects of rainshadow / Thea Astley.
Author:
Astley, Thea, 1925-2004, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2018.©1996
Collation:
xiv, 281 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: Penguin Books Australia, 1996.
ISBN:
9781925603569 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
375099
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | ASTL | Available |