Eucalyptus |
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| Author:
| Bail, Murray |
| ISBN: | 978-1-875847-94-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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1999 Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision- she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree . . .
1999 Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision- she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree . . .