Shirley Barrett
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An impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales. 1908: It's the year that proves to be life changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death. But when the handsome John Beck-a former...
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The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett is a darkly humorous audiobook about one woman's post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. It wasn't just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett's life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it. One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being dissected and removed by an...
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1996.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man. Sibling rivalry is at an all-time high in this riotous award-winning Australian romantic comedy from from Camera d'Or winning director Shirley Barrett and the Oscar® nominated producer of The Piano and Bright Star. Vicki-Ann Hurley (Rebecca Frith) and her younger sister Dimity (Miranda Otto) are two lonely young women on the look out for love in the small outback town of Sunray. When once popular...
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[2016]
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2 videodiscs (358 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A gripping Australian murder mystery series. After years of solving serious crimes, Detective Sergeant Eve Winter has grown weary of the brutality and resigned herself to a quieter life. But when the search for a missing girl in a small Australian town uncovers five dead bodies in a field, Eve is convinced by her old partner and ex-flame, Lachlan McKenzie, to join the case.
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2016
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3 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
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[2017]
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3 videodiscs (630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
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Place to Call Home volume 1
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Sarah steps in to help at the local school after one of the teachers dies in an apparent suicide. Carolyn and George act as mediators between James and Olivia, who are living separately and barely speaking.
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Place to Call Home volume 2
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Sarah confronts Regina about what really happened to Milly, but she fails to anticipate Regina's sway over Sergeant Taylor. Olivia comes clean to James about Georgie, and Anna meets with Sir Richard behind Carolyn's back.
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Place to Call Home volume 7
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Carolyn and Jack continue to be apprehensive about Sir Richard's threats against them, even as their wedding day approaches. Harry and Roy notice Milly's fiancé, Gordon Walsh, following Sarah and warn her that she may be in danger.
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Place to Call Home volume 10
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Elizabeth calls Anna and Gino back from Italy to set her plan against Regina in motion, but Gino disapproves of her using Rose. George and Regina return to Inverness from Canberra, unaware of the trap Elizabeth has laid.
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Place to Call Home volume 8
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Jack and Carolyn's honeymoon is interrupted by the revelation that Sir Richard is targeting Douglas's refuge for needy veterans. As George prepares to leave for Canberra, Sarah asks the Bligh family to keep away from the birth to avoid scandal.
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Place to Call Home volume 9
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After a long and difficult labor, Sarah gives birth, but the baby's future remains uncertain. Carolyn tries to follow Sarah's wishes and prevent Elizabeth from telling George the news.
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Place to Call Home volume 6
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Sarah tells George that she invited Harry to stay with her and Roy, a decision that angers Elizabeth, who can't help but interfere. Elizabeth and Sarah become adversaries again over whether or not Harry should remain in Inverness.
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Place to Call Home volume 3
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After Sarah's dismissal from the school, Jack offers his support for Sarah, putting himself in Sergeant Taylor's crosshairs. Elizabeth is released from the hospital as Olivia returns to Ash Park.
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Place to Call Home volume 4
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As Inverness prepares for the prime minister's visit, George discovers what Regina has been up to with Sergeant Taylor. Elizabeth and Anna plan to sabotage Regina's dinner, while Sarah moves Harry into the hospital.
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Place to Call Home volume 5
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After restoring law and order to his house, George meets with Sarah and expresses his intentions. Regina moves back into the cottage, but the family worries that she may still be dangerous, and so Elizabeth meets with Sarah.
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Place to Call Home volume 12
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With Regina on the run, George and Jack press Rose for information on her whereabouts. As tensions come to a head, Regina and Sarah face a desperate confrontation.
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Place to Call Home volume 11
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The Bligh family lets Regina think she's won, while George carries out his own plans. James and Harry attend the party in Sydney with Henry's friends, but Harry feels left out. Gordon resumes his stakeout on Sarah.