''The Lambing Flat'' is the first

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

by Australian author

Nerida Newton Nerida Newton (born 1972) is an Australian novelist whose first novel, '' The Lambing Flat'' won the Emerging Author category for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. In 2004 the ...

; it was first published in 2003. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler. The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century

Australian gold rushes During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before, but the colonial government of Ne ...

. The main characters are: *Ella, the daughter of a grazier, who grew up on an isolated, drought-ridden Queensland property. *Lok and his father who come from China in search of gold. They are caught up in the infamous

Lambing Flat riots The Lambing Flat riots were a series of violent anti-Chinese demonstrations that took place in the Burrangong region, in New South Wales, Australia. They occurred on the goldfields at Spring Creek, Stoney Creek, Back Creek, Wombat, Blackguar ...

External links

Nerida Newton's Home Page
2003 Australian novels Historical novels Novels set in New South Wales Fiction set in 1860 Fiction set in 1861 2003 debut novels

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