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Is part of Barrumbi Leonie Robin Norrington , 2003 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Barrumbi Kids
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'Dale and Tomias are best mates.

'Tomias's ancestors have lived at Long Hole since the Dreaming. Dales's grandfather was the first white man to settle here. This is their country.

'An exciting, funny first novel about children moving between Aboriginal and white cultures.' (Publication summary)

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    • Norwood, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 2002 .
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      Extent: 197p.
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      • Published: 1st October 2002
      ISBN: 1862914966
Form: audiobook
    • Hawthorn, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Louis Braille , 2003 .
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      Extent: approximately 5 hours and 45 min.p.
      ISBN: 0732027349 (audiocassette), 0732027357 (CD)
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