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'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen.

Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end.

In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website)

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1983 .
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      Extent: 207p.
      ISBN: 0908090544
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Ballantine Books ,       1986 .
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      Extent: 213p.
      ISBN: 0345339673
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1987 .
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      Extent: 207p.
      Reprinted: 1992 , 1998 Pbk. ed.
      ISBN: 0947062025
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      Americas,      :       Ballantine Books ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 214p.
      ISBN: 0345363426
    • Exile Bay, Drummoyne - Concord area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: ETT Imprint , 2019 .
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      Extent: 196p.
      Description: facsim.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2013
      ISBN: 9781925706826
Alternative title: Hoe het einde van de wereld te verdragen : een recept van doktor Wooreddy
Language: Dutch
    • Amsterdam,
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      Netherlands,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bridges Books ,       1992 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      ISBN: 9070306204
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Last amended 29 Aug 2022 15:45:11
Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Tasmania,
  • Urban,
  • Tasmania,
Settings:
  • 1830s
  • 1820s
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