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y separately published work icon Turn Left at the Devil Tree : A Memoir single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Turn Left at the Devil Tree : A Memoir
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'By turns reflective, tragic and hilarious, Turn Left at the Devil Tree is the story of a visiting teacher in remote Aboriginal Australia. Accompanied by a ‘rough-tough hunting dog’ named Turkey, Derek Pugh founded several outstation schools in the most isolated parts of Arnhem Land.

'Spending many years among the people and wildlife of the Top End of the Northern Territory, Derek Pugh reveled in the lifestyle and freedom of the bush and gained an insight into a traditional culture which has been witnessed by only a few outsiders. Told with respect and candor Turn Left at the Devil Tree is Pugh’s ‘slice of history’. ' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Content warning: Australian Indigenous people are warned that some individuals who are now deceased are named in this book.

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    • Woden, Woden Valley area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Derek Pugh , 2013 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
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      • Published 1 December 2013
      ISBN: 9780992355814

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