Summary
1999 Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree…
Eucalyptus is a modern fairy tale and an unpredicta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781875847945 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1875847944 |
| Author: | Murray Bail |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 1998 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 87mm x 210mm x 191mm |
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About The Author
Murray Bail
Murray Bail lives in Sydney. His first book, The Drover’s Wife and Other Stories, was published in 1975. He has won numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Eucalyptus. His most recent novel is The Voyage.
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