y separately published work icon The Broomstick Wedding single work   children's fiction   children's   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Broomstick Wedding
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The Broomstick Wedding is a novel that captures the essence of the difficult days of the early settlement of Tasmania, in the early 1800s. Beth Roberts imaginatively recreates the social and natural environment of an island gradually changing from prison colony to civilised outpost.

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Beth's New Career Wayne Crawford , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Tasmanian , 9 July 2000;
Beth Tends Literary Pasture Don Knowler , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Tasmanian , 6 August 2000; (p. 18)
Beth Tends Literary Pasture Don Knowler , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Tasmanian , 6 August 2000; (p. 18)
Beth's New Career Wayne Crawford , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Tasmanian , 9 July 2000;
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