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Capricornia : a novel / Xavier Herbert

Set in northern Australia from 1904, this multi-generational saga explores the complex social and racial tensions between Indigenous and settler populations. It follows the Shillingsworth family through a narrative of dispossession and the search for identity.

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Accession Number: 8304

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