A new land, 1976

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  • Published 20080603
  • ISBN: 9780733322815
  • Extent: 272 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm)

SYDNEY. I LIKED its sound. I pressed my nose against the cold plastic window to look out over the city as we landed.

‘Look! The Opera House!’ my mother pointed.

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