Capricornia

Xavier Herbert

earliest edition we have, 1971 A&R Classics, 2002 577 pages

Australian classics

Spanning three generations‚ Capricornia tells the story of Australia's North. It is a story of whites and Aborigines and Asians‚ of chance relationships that can form bonds for life‚ of dispossession‚ murder and betrayal. In 1904 the brothers Oscar and Mark Shillingsworth‚ clad in serge suits and bowler hats‚ arrive in Port Zodiac on the coast of Capricornia. They are clerks who have come from the South to join the C...

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Capricornia edition · 2002 · A&R Classics · 577 pages
Capricornia paperback · 1992 · Harpercollins · 9780020717027
Capricornia edition · 1990 · Angus & Robertson · 530 pages · 9780207170249
Capricornia edition · 1989 · Angus Robertson Pub · 520 pages · 9780207161568
Capricornia edition · 1971 · Angus & Robertson · 510 pages

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