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Pilbara

By: Judy Nunn
Narrated by: Zoe Carides
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A stunning tale of loyalty and survival from a master storyteller ...

In this ancient, harsh place, faint hearts will not last.


The Pilbara, late 1800s: Frontier country, the wild west of Australia – a lawless, violent place where treachery is a way of life.

Widower Charles Burton arrives in this forbidding corner of the world with his three young children. They've travelled half the globe, from the lush, rolling hills and dales of Yorkshire, on a mission to save their family's sheep and cattle property. Rebuilding the fortunes of Burton Station will ask everything of Charles and his children, particularly his daughter, Victoria, who will at times threaten to bring about their downfall.

Here in the oldest landscape on earth, survival has always proved a battle. And when greed takes over, the battle only intensifies. Aboriginal people are robbed of their lands and their very way of life as every new arrival fights for the riches on offer – the grazing territory, the pearls and the gold. Amid all this brutality, the Burtons and their allies must fight to conquer the savagery that surrounds them.

From Yorkshire to Cossack in Western Australia, and London to Tahiti in French Polynesia, Pilbara is the tale of a family on a mission to restore the honour of its name.

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Thank you I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book well read you really bring the characters to life, just a fantastic story/journey thank you:)

Wow what a journey!

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it was pathetic really, can't believe I actually finished it! it might have been better with a different narrator, but doubt it. it was just corny.

Corny!

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The story brought the Pilbara to life and allowed the reader to journey through another time period of Australian history and the characters allowed you to feel a strong connection

Wonderful journey

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great engaging story with vivid characters you can feel with twists and turns every page

Australiaa's culture

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Such an incredible story, where nothing is quite as it seems. I highly recommend this book.

Incredible

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.