The Last Station

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Author
Nicole Alexander
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Fiction
Released
14 March, 2023
ISBN
9781760898236

The Last Station

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Synopsis

In nineteenth-century New South Wales, the name Dalhunty stood for prosperity and prestige. The family’s vast station was home to more than 80 people, and each year their premium wool was shipped down the bustling Darling River to be sold in South Australia.

Yet, just decades later, Dalhunty Station is on the brink of ruin...

In the summer of 1909, eccentric Benjamin Dalhunty and his son Julian anxiously await the arrival of the Lady Matilda, the first paddle-steamer to navigate the river in more than two years. It will transport their very last wool clip to market.

Twenty-year-old Julian wants more from life than the crumbling station, but as the eldest son his future has been set since birth.

Until the day his mother invites a streetwise young man from Sydney into their home...

Ethan Harris’s arrival shines a light on a family at breaking point. But he also unwittingly offers Julian an escape, as the young men embark on a perilous journey down the Darling and west into untamed lands.

The Last Station is a captivating story of heritage, heartbreak and hope, set during the dying days of the riverboat trade along the Darling River.

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5 Quick Questions with Bestselling Author Nicole Alexander

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3 March 2022

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    Absolutely Captivating: Read an Extract from The Last Station by Nicole Alexander

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    28 February 2022

    Absolutely Captivating: Read an Extract from The Last Station by Nicole Alexander

      Nicole Alexander
      About the author

      Nicole Alexander

      Nicole Alexander has a Master of letters in Creative Writing and her novels, poetry, travel, writing and genealogy articles have been published in Australia, America, Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine and Canada. She is the author of ten novels: The Bark CuttersA Changing LandAbsolution CreekSunset RidgeThe Great PlainsWild LandsRiver RunAn Uncommon WomanStone Country and The Cedar Tree. Nicole lives in north-west NSW.

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