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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

ISBN
  
0-312-00054-5

Author
  
Ruth Park

Genre
  
Fiction

Followed by
  
The Witch's Thorn

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Publication date
  
1949

Pages
  
276 pp

Originally published
  
1949

Preceded by
  
The Harp in the South

Country
  
Australia

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Publisher
  
Angus & Robertson, Australia

Similar
  
Ruth Park books, Fiction books

Poor Man's Orange is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to The Harp in the South and continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney.

Contents

Television

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987.

Cast

  • Anne Phelan as Mumma Darcy (Margaret)
  • Martyn Sanderson as Hughie Darcy
  • Anna Hruby as Roie (Rowena) Rothe
  • Kaarin Fairfax as Dolour Darcy
  • Shane Connor asCharlie Rothe
  • Syd Conabere as Pat Diamond
  • Ron Shand as Bumper Reilly
  • Emily Nicol as Motty (Moira) Rothe
  • Brandon Burke as Tommy Mendel
  • Lois Ramsay as Mrs. Campion
  • Cecil Parkee as Lick Jimmy
  • Carole Skinner as Delie Stock
  • Charles Tingwell as Father Cooley
  • Brendan Han Tjahjadi as Roger Bubba
  • Kerry Walker as Miss. Moon
  • References

    Poor Man's Orange Wikipedia