First published by Affirm Press in 2024
Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Country
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Text copyright © Lia Hills, 2024
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher.

ISBN: 9781922992949 (paperback)

Cover design by Lisa White © Affirm Press
Typeset in Garamond Premier Pro by J&M Typesetting
Wimmera by Homer Rieth, 2009, reprinted on page xi by kind permission of
Black Pepper Publishing
Internal kangaroo grass illustration by Emma Jennings

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