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Country
  
Australia

Publication date
  
1947

Author
  
Ion Idriess

Publisher
  
Angus & Robertson

3.7/5
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Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1947

Genre
  
Historical novel

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Isles of Despair is a 1947 historical novel by Ion Idriess based on the true story of Barbara Thomson, a white woman who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck and was raised by Coral Sea islanders, before being rescued in 1849.

It had a follow up, The Wild White Man of Badu.

References

Isles of Despair Wikipedia