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The Lambing Flat

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Author
  
Nerida Newton

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
October 2003

Country
  
Australia

Genre
  
Historical novel

Publisher
  
University of Queensland Press

The Lambing Flat is a novel written by Australian author Nerida Newton and was first published in 2003. It was Newton's first novel. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler.

The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century Australian gold rushes.

The main characters are

  • Ella, the daughter of a grazier, who grew up on an isolated, drought-ridden Queensland property.
  • Lok and his father who come from China in search of gold. They are caught up in the infamous Lambing Flat riots.
  • References

    The Lambing Flat Wikipedia