The Big Country (Timms novel)
 First edition | |
| Author | E. V. Timms Alma Timms |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | Great South Land Saga |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
Publication date | 1962 |
The Big Country is an Australian novel by E. V. Timms and Alma Timms. It was the eleventh in the Great South Land Saga of novels; E. V. Timms died before it was finished so his wife Alma completed the novel.[1][2]
Plot[]
In the 1870s, beyond in Darling River, a half-caste girl, Jenny Courage, searches for her father, George Crumby, who abandoned her and her mother. George has moved to Sydney and prospered. Jenny works on a river board and becomes a housekeeper on an isolated station.
References[]
- ^ "Timms again". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 11 December 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Far West Of Yesteryear". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 4 August 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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Categories:
- 1962 Australian novels
- Novels set in the 1870s
- Angus & Robertson books