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

IF YA HEADING up north anyway, why don’t ya try and get a job with the meat works up in Broome? Them buggers earn a fortune.’

‘He won’t get on without a ticket, Jack. It’s all union in the slaughterhouses.’

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