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Convict Shadows of the Past

ISBN-13: 9780645783315
Publisher: PACIFIC WANDERLAND
Imprint: PACIFIC WANDERLAND
By Sara Powter
Price: AUD $29.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
Local release date: 26/01/2024
Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 139.00mm) 212 pages Weight: 300g
Categories: Historical fiction [FV]

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Google Preview: Convict Shadows of the Past - Two Jennifers, two hundred years apart. When aged eight, Jenny Kellow learns of her convict family history and discovers that she was named after a convict from nearly two hundred years ago. Her grandfather’s stories inspire her to dig deeper into her ancestors’ convict past. From her grandfather, she hears stories of bushrangers, convicts, and life in the infant colony of Parramatta. She sets about retracing the footsteps of her convict great-great-great-grandmother to honour her. Jenny’s search starts with microfiche back in the 60s, and she learns about the small tin mining town in Cornwall and the production of a cheese that sets London afire. Then she discovers her ancestor has brought these cheese-making skills to Parramatta, where she taught others her craft. Echoes of the past can still be heard if you know where to listen. But who was the first Jennifer? Why is she so elusive?; Sara Powter was born on the NSW Central Coast. Her childhood was spent with her parents, mainly travelling up and down the East Coast of Australia, fishing, shell collecting and doing some of her education by Correspondence Schooling. With a passion for science, she worked as a Scientific Assistant in the Entomology Department for the Department of Agriculture. She married Stephen soon after leaving there, and they spent 30 years in Ministry in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in NSW, only retiring at the end of 2020. When Covid 19 hit, time was available to pen some of the stories shed wanted to write for some time. Within twelve months, eight stories were finished, and ideas for more were on the way. These stem from her passion for Colonial Australia, her convict Ancestors, and the amazing countrys remarkable history! Sara wrote these as she wished to complete one of her mothers unfinished manuscripts. The series prequel, "Dancing to Her Own Tune,” is now completed and ties in Sheila Hunters Australian Trilogy with Saras Lockley series.
But… Watch for more!; * Clean Historical Austraian Fiction.
* Set in early colonial Australia.
* Beginnings of the cheesemakeing in Australia.; Google Preview content