Author: Terry Coleman
Binding: Hardback
Published: Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd, 1979

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Previous owner inscription front end page, bound in plastic protective cover (removable)

Southern Cross by Terry Coleman is a sweeping historical fiction novel set in early-19th-century Australia that follows the life of Susannah King — the governor’s daughter — from the first French explorations into the young colony at Sydney Cove in 1802 through the turbulent decades that saw a nation form. Against this backdrop of convict settlement, political upheaval and social change, the book interweaves family drama, romance and personal ambition, capturing the experiences of settlers, explorers and convicts alike as Australia grows from a fledgling outpost into a complex society under the constellation of the Southern Cross.