Author

Publication

2007 - Random House Australia, Sydney, Australia

Language

English

Word Count

152,750 words, Guess

Page Count

611 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781741665963
  • ISBN-101741665965
  • LibraryThing1530600
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008360368
  • OCLC Control Number184909803
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR9619.3.N86 K35 2007

Description

Kalgoorlie was a magnet to anyone with a sense of adventure, anyone who could dream. People were drawn there from all over the world, settling to start afresh or to seek their fortunes. They called it Kal. In a story as breathtaking and as sweeping as the land itself, bestselling author Judy Nunn brings Kal magically to life through the lives of two families, one Australian and one Italian. The Australian family are the Brearleys: Maudie, who runs the miners' pub in Kalgoorlie and who was brought up in a tent on the goldfields; her husband 'Flash Harry' Brearley, charismatic conman and shyster; and his young son, Jack. The Italian family are the Giannis, railway workers from a small village in the Italian Alps, who dream of making a better life for themselves 'at the bottom of the world' after they hear about the Western Australian goldrush of the late 1880s.

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryImmigrantsGold mines and miningSocial life and customsAustralia -- History -- FictionKalgoorlie-Boulder (W.A.) -- Fiction

Places

AustraliaKalgoorlie-Boulder (W.A.)

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • KalRandom House Australia2007

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