Title Verity of Sydney Town / by Ruth C. Williams ; illustrated by Rhys Williams

Published Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1950 Sydney ; London : Angus and Robertson, 1950

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Willia Rut/Vos		LIB USE ONLY

Description xii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books. ANL Summary SUMMARY:A historical novel about life in New South Wales in the days of Macquarie. The story takes place against an exciting background of convicts, red-coats, pioneering farmers and bushrangers. The heroine is Verity Asherton, twelve-year-old daughter of a sea-captain believed lost at sea, who waits anxiously in Sydney town for his return Notes Australian Children's Book of the Year Award winner, [1951] Audience For 10-12 year old readers Notes Winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, 1951 Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Fiction. Literary prizes -- Australia. Bushrangers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction. Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111545 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile fiction New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile fiction New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. History. Fiction. Author Williams, Rhys, illustrator LC no. 00416928

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