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Author Wong Hoy, Kevin, author

Title Cheon of the Never Never / Kevin Wong Hoy
Published North Melbourne, Vic. : Arcadia, 2012
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2012]
North Melbourne, Vic : Arcadia, 2012
©2012
©2012

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 W'PONDS  305.895109429 Cheon Won/Wot  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 113 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary "For readers world-wide Mrs Aeneas Gunn brought the Outback to life with her account of a year spent on a remote cattle station in Northern Australia. And of all the characters in her book she especially relished "Cheon ...whose presence and vivid language are one of the great attractions of We of the Never Never" (Geoffrey Dutton)..."--Back cover
Analysis Australian
Notes Cover also has Chinese: Xiong Bai Chang
Cover also has Chinese: 熊百昌
"Australia's first Chinese celebrity cook"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-107)
Subject Cheon, (Chinese cook)
Cheon, (Chinese cook), 1854-
Cheon, 1854-
Chinese -- Australia -- History.
Chinese -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- Biography.
Chinese -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 1901-1914 -- Biography
Cooks in literature.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Based on work Gunn, Jeannie, 1870-1961. We of the Never Never
LC no. 2012517643
ISBN 9781921875861 (paperback)