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'Two brothers -- one black, one white -- and a colony at the end of the world.
'It′s 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in. With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own.
'This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world -- one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo.
'No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl who was saved from the death penalty and became a great lady in her own right.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Works about this Work
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Book Clubs and Reconciliation : A Pilot Study on Book Clubs Reading the ‘Fictions of Reconciliation’
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , May no. 56 2014; -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Tall Tales on Short List
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Reading & Viewing : Texts for Years 7 and 8
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 1 2012; (p. 92-93)
— Review of The Coming of the Whirlpool 2011 single work novel ; Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Nanberry : Black Brother White
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Nanberry : Black Brother White
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 20 August 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction -
Time to Celebrate Kids Books
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 23 August 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction -
Under Age
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 September 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction ; A Song for Lorkie 2011 single work picture book -
[Review] Nanberry : Black Brother White
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Nanberry : Black Brother White 2011 single work children's fiction -
Tall Tales on Short List
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Book Clubs and Reconciliation : A Pilot Study on Book Clubs Reading the ‘Fictions of Reconciliation’
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , May no. 56 2014;
Awards
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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cUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- 1780s
- 1790s
- 1800s