Born: Established: 1951 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2013 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Children s literature (for under 12 years)
- 2013 recipient May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Fellowship
- 2003 recipient Asialink Arts Exchanges Program for a residency as writer-in-residence at Sogang University, Seoul
Awards for Works
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The Goldseekers
Pymble
:
Angus and Robertson
,
2006
Z1276819
2006
single work
children's fiction
children's
historical fiction
'In the mid-1850s, Australia is in the grip of gold fever. Kidnapped from their homeland, Miju and her older brother, Chung-Kai, work on the goldfields of New South Wales to save for their passage home. Their friend, Sam, and his father, Bill, are also trying their luck at the diggings ... In the dead of the night, a group of men raid the Celestial camp where Miju and Chung-Kai live with the other Chinese and Korean miners. Left with only a few possessions and their puppy, Ah-Poo, Miju and Chung-Kai's hopes of returning home are ruined. Sam is appalled by what he has witnessed and vows to help his friends get back their savings.' (Source: Back cover)
- 2007 shortlisted Children's Peace Literature Award
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