Name/Title
The CelestialsDescription
This fictional story begins in Guangzhou China with the commencement of the second opium war. After the British bombardment of their home and city, two teenagers, a brother and a younger sister, are sent by their parents to Tsin Chin Shan, the New Gold Mountain, in the colony of Victoria. As Chinese, the siblings and their compatriots are outsiders in the goldfields. They are on the margins of colonial society, as are the poor Irish settlers with whom they find they have interests in common. Their interaction with the notorious Kelly gang becomes a dangerous political alliance"Dimensions
Height
20.5 cmWidth
13.5 cmBook Details
Author
Ian David RobertsPublisher
Arden PublishingPlace Published
City
North Melbourne, VictoriaDate Published
2023Place Printed
City
North Melbourne, VictoriaDate Printed
2023Publication Subjects
From SLV catalogue
Chinese -- Australia -- Victoria
Siblings
Kelly Gang
Also
Novel -- English -- Australia -- 21st century
Siblings -- China
Opium trade -- China
Teenage immigrants -- Victoria
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842Call No.
FIC ROBISBN
9781923068230