Bibliograph

Goldfields girl, Elaine Forrestal

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Label

Goldfields girl, Elaine Forrestal

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Goldfields girl

Responsibility statement

Elaine Forrestal

Summary

In the goldfields in 1892, water is scarce, disease is common and many men will never find the fortune they've come to seek. When she moves to the new outback town of Coolgardie to live with the flies, red dust and rowdy prospectors, fourteen-year-old Clara Saunders is in search of adventure. A friendship with Jack, the cheeky young water carter, is a promising start, but life in the goldfields is harsh and is set to test the limits of Clara's fierce determination

Target audience

adolescent

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