Magabala Press, Broome, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. VIII, 215 pages, with a preamble by the author. There is on the inside of the front cover 2 rubber name stamps, and on the half title page Christmas wishes dated 25/12/01 from family to their grandmother. No other damage. " The destinies of two families, black and white, are fatally interwoven in this powerful, cinematic frontier novel. Racial brutality and the tragic account of the Myall Creek massacre underscore the story of Ginny and Wollunbuy, Kamilaroi people of the Warrumbungle Range. Mysterious killings follow the arrival of Karl and Gudrun Maresch, a German couple who established a Lutheran mission near the young settlement of Coonabarabran." -- from the rear panel blurb. First published as part of the UQP Black Australian Writers series. The book also won the David Unaipon award. Now reprinted. this is the 1st edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Fiction -- Australian; Australia; ISBN: 1875641777. ISBN/EAN: 9781875641772. Inventory No: 0271979. . 9781875641772

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0271979
Title: Sweet Water -- Stolen Land
Author: McLaren, Philip
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1875641777
ISBN 13: 9781875641772
Publisher: Magabala Press
Place of Publication: Broome
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: BZDB2 Novel -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Myall Creek Massacre -- Aboriginal, David Unaipon -- Award Winner, UQP Black Australian Writers Series Indigenous Cultures; Fiction -- Australian; Australia; Unbranded ISBN: 1875641777 EAN: 9781875641772 Mc
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction -- Australian;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Blurb: The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...