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Rex Backhaus-Smith Rex Backhaus-Smith i(A59428 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Vengeance of the Dolphin Thomas Albert Roy , London : Bodley Head , 1980 Z667613 1980 single work novel young adult
2 3 y separately published work icon Australian Legendary Tales : Being the Two Collections- Australian Legendary Tales & More Australian Legendary Tales K. Langloh Parker , Sydney : Bodley Head Press in Australia , 1978 Z181002 1978 selected work prose Indigenous story
1 1 y separately published work icon The Curse of the Turtle Thomas Albert Roy , Sydney : Bodley Head , 1977 Z667610 1977 single work novel young adult

The story of the influence of Aboriginal culture on a cattleman's son in North Queensland. Jimmy Brent is the grandson of the white settlers who built 'Oonaderra' homestead on a sacred Aboriginal site. After a series of tragedies befall the Brent family, Jimmy and his friend, Tajurra, realise the survival of 'Oonaderra' depends on reconciliation between black and white.

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