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The island of the colour-blind

Set in Van Diemen's Land and London, this historical novel connects the adoption of an Aboriginal girl to a famous novelist's obsession with a lost Arctic expedition. It examines the conflict between Victorian discipline and the untameable nature of human desire.

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Accession Number: 8081

Site: Vernon O Content

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Colour blindness/Vision disorders/Sensory disorders/Nervous system -- Diseases/Organs (Anatomy)/Anatomy/Biology/Life sciences/Science Ethnology -- Oceania/Anthropology Islands of the Pacific Neurology/Medicine/Life sciences/Science

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