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The Wild Colonial Girl

$5.00

Condition: Wizard’s Library Copy

Size: Small Paperback

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Kate O'Mara is an orphan of the Irish Potato Famine, haunted by poverty and starvation. Determined to make a new life for herself she fights her way into the Orphan Scheme and boards a ship for the long journey across perilous seas to the fledgling colony of South Australia. But the promises are empty; there are no husbands and no jobs waiting. Irish girls occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. She can join her compatriots on the streets, or go to the hot, remote and dangerous bush, where no white woman has been before, to help pioneer a sheep station at the very edge of civilisation. Desperate for the security that she believes only wealth can bring, she slips her derringer into her pocket, cracks the whip over the bullocks and sets off on a rugged outback track for the adventure of a lifetime. Her adventures take her from wild Aboriginal camps to vast sheep stations and from the rough sprawling goldfields to the glittering ballroom at the Governor's residence. Her orphan dreams of silk gowns and sumptuous dinners are finally within her grasp. What she doesn't count on is love ... In the bestselling tradition of Colleen McCullough and Nancy Cato, The Wild Colonial Girl introduces a captivating and unforgettable Australian heroine.

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Condition: Wizard’s Library Copy

Size: Small Paperback

Book Blurb

Kate O'Mara is an orphan of the Irish Potato Famine, haunted by poverty and starvation. Determined to make a new life for herself she fights her way into the Orphan Scheme and boards a ship for the long journey across perilous seas to the fledgling colony of South Australia. But the promises are empty; there are no husbands and no jobs waiting. Irish girls occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. She can join her compatriots on the streets, or go to the hot, remote and dangerous bush, where no white woman has been before, to help pioneer a sheep station at the very edge of civilisation. Desperate for the security that she believes only wealth can bring, she slips her derringer into her pocket, cracks the whip over the bullocks and sets off on a rugged outback track for the adventure of a lifetime. Her adventures take her from wild Aboriginal camps to vast sheep stations and from the rough sprawling goldfields to the glittering ballroom at the Governor's residence. Her orphan dreams of silk gowns and sumptuous dinners are finally within her grasp. What she doesn't count on is love ... In the bestselling tradition of Colleen McCullough and Nancy Cato, The Wild Colonial Girl introduces a captivating and unforgettable Australian heroine.

Condition: Wizard’s Library Copy

Size: Small Paperback

Book Blurb

Kate O'Mara is an orphan of the Irish Potato Famine, haunted by poverty and starvation. Determined to make a new life for herself she fights her way into the Orphan Scheme and boards a ship for the long journey across perilous seas to the fledgling colony of South Australia. But the promises are empty; there are no husbands and no jobs waiting. Irish girls occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. She can join her compatriots on the streets, or go to the hot, remote and dangerous bush, where no white woman has been before, to help pioneer a sheep station at the very edge of civilisation. Desperate for the security that she believes only wealth can bring, she slips her derringer into her pocket, cracks the whip over the bullocks and sets off on a rugged outback track for the adventure of a lifetime. Her adventures take her from wild Aboriginal camps to vast sheep stations and from the rough sprawling goldfields to the glittering ballroom at the Governor's residence. Her orphan dreams of silk gowns and sumptuous dinners are finally within her grasp. What she doesn't count on is love ... In the bestselling tradition of Colleen McCullough and Nancy Cato, The Wild Colonial Girl introduces a captivating and unforgettable Australian heroine.

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