Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

Stone Town by Margaret HickeyOut 30 May 2023 With its gold rush history long in the past, Stone Town has seen better days. And it's now in the headlines for all the wrong reasons . . . When three teenagers stumble upon a body in dense bushland one rainy Friday night, Senior Sergeant Mark Ariti's hopes for a quiet posting in his old home town are shattered. The victim is Aidan Sleeth, a property developer, whose controversial plan to buy up local land means few are surprised he

strangled our personal connections and saw levels of happiness plunge

Australian land exploration

' - Diana Henry

The Explorers draws on the most remarkable body of non-fiction writing ever produced in Australia

self-deprecating

his story illuminates unfolding issues of race and nationalism in colonial Australia on the eve of Federation

culminating in a final

David completed an Arts degree at Adelaide University and teaching diploma at Murray Park Teachers College

She is frank about her eccentric childhood

An Amazon Best Book of the Year

Off-colour

Many have been forced into bleak camps outside the city