Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 2000. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Fine Condition. Inscribed by Author. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 462 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. '... a story of exile and escape. The people in this story were from a part of Western Australia that is practically on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert ... On the whim of the government authorities of the day, eighteen Wongutha people were exiled away from their Country and their people. sent a thousand kilometres away, almost to Perth. They were seemingly powerless. They were locked up, trucked off, given inmate numbers in a government compound - their fate was sealed. And then they escaped. It was perhaps the largest escape bid in the history of that place of exile. They escaped, and walked home to their Country ...' Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal History; Australia; 1920s; History. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 1863682813. ISBN/EAN: 9781863682817. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10555. . 9781863682817

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10555
Title: Through Silent Country
Author: Dowley, Carolyn Wadley
Format/Binding: Softcover (Stiff Boards)
Book Condition: Used - Fine Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1863682813
ISBN 13: 9781863682817
Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Place of Publication: Fremantle
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: BZDB137 australia, history, western australia, aborigines, wongutha Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal History; Australia; 1920s; History. Inscribed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 1863682813 EAN: 9781863682817 Dowley, Carolyn Wadley Through Silent Country

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