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The lieutenant

Summary: In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke officer and astronomer sets sale from Porstmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts destined for New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement, Rooke comes to know the aboriginal people and forges a remarkable connection with one child which will change his life in ways he never imagined. Based on real events.

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  • ISBN: 9781554684335 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    307 p ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2010.
Subject: Navies -- Officers -- Fiction
Astronomers -- Fiction
British -- Australia -- Fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
New South Wales -- Fiction
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Fiction

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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Terrace Public Library GRE (Text) 35151000588186 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke officer and astronomer sets sale from Porstmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts destined for New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement, Rooke comes to know the aboriginal people and forges a remarkable connection with one child which will change his life in ways he never imagined. Based on real events.
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