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Softcover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.🟢 This Book weighs 390 Grams.
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- Title The Boys from St Francis
- Author Ashley Mallett
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wakefield Press
- Date 2018-08-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781743055809 / 1743055803
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.51 x 0.69 in (21.01 x 14.00 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Race relations, Stolen generations (Australia)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018439495
- Dewey Decimal Code 994.93
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