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Author Cato, Nancy.

Title A distant island / Nancy Cato
Published [London] : New English Library, 1988

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 W'PONDS  827.03 C3665 A6/D  AVAILABLE
Description 262 pages ; 18 cm
Summary The fascinating story of Tasmania's famous botanist Ronald Gunn. In 1829 young Ronald Gunn, with his wife Eliza and their children, set out on the long voyage to Van Diemen's Land. Life in the new colony brought him family tragedy, great happiness, and a growing interest in the island's unique flora
Analysis Fiction in English Australian writers, 1945- - Texts
Notes Fiction in English. Australian writers,. 1945- -Texts (BNB/PRECIS)
Subject Gunn, Ronald Campbell, 1808-1881 -- Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Gunn, Ronald Campbell, 1808-1881, in fiction, drama, poetry, etc
Genre/Form Fiction.
ISBN 0450419053 (paperback: corrected)
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