Angus&Robertson
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First published in Australia in 2013
This edition published in 2013
by HarperCollinsPublishers Australia Pty Limited
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Copyright © Tony Davis 2013
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Davis, Tony.
The big dry / Tony Davis.
ISBN 978 0 7322 9763 3 (pbk.)
ISBN 978 1 4607 0012 9 (epub)
For secondary school age.
Droughts – Juvenile
Survival – Juvenile
A823.3
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