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VOYAGE TO THE LAST FRONTIER... The first book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams. They were transported from 1780s' England, packed like cattle in cargo compartments: scammers and prostitutes, thieves and murderers - doomed to build His Majesty's new colony in Captain Cook's anchorage in Botany Bay. It was a cruel fate even for the toughest of individuals but especially for 15-year-old Jenny Taggart, who was show more sentenced to lifelong exile for a crime she did not commit. Will there be a future for her in this unknown country, or will she succumb to a rough and brutal life? Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later - ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy - they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians. show lessTags
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This series - the Australians - is one of the best 'good reads' I know and the perfect way to learn the history of Australia
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- Canonical title
- The Exiles
- Original publication date
- 1979-01
- People/Characters
- Jenny Taggart
- Important places
- Australia; London, England, UK; New South Wales, Australia; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- First words
- The morning of September 29, 1781, dawned gray and overcast, with tendrils of damp mist swirling over the flat countryside surrounding the small Yorkshire market town of Milton Overblow.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Then I shall wait till you change your mind."
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 12
