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Barefoot in the bindis, memoir of a bush childhood, Angela Wales ; narrated by Jessica Douglas-Henry

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Barefoot in the bindis, memoir of a bush childhood, Angela Wales ; narrated by Jessica Douglas-Henry

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eng

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Barefoot in the bindis

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Angela Wales ; narrated by Jessica Douglas-Henry

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memoir of a bush childhood

Summary

Scottish-born Robert Wales sailed into Sydney Harbour during WWII, but in 1953 he was choking in the city and doctors prescribed fresh country air. With no experience and only knowledge he'd picked up from a few books, he uproots his family and sets out to establish a sheep farm in the bush. When they arrive on a lonely hill in northern New South Wales, they have no electricity, no running water, no telephone and no choice but to make this their home. From Angela Wales, eldest of the five kids, comes this extraordinarily vivid and evocative account of the next ten years as they try to tame six thousand acres of bush and navigate the challenges of country life. Filled with drama and hilarity, joy and back-breaking toil, 'Barefoot in the Bindis' portrays a childhood spent in the outback, and is a picture of Australia's past

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