Originally published: Melbourne, Vic. : Text Pub., 2008.
Contents:
pt. 1. The young lieutenant -- pt. 2. The astronomer -- pt. 3. The names of things -- pt. 4. To be of the party -- pt. 5. Antigua, 1836.
Summary:
In late eighteenth-century New South Wales, misfit Daniel Rooke hopes to find his place in life when he joins the military, constructs an observatory, and forges a relationship with an Aborigine girl.
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