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Capricornia (1938) is a novel by Xavier Herbert. Like his later work considered by many a masterpiece, the Miles Franklin Award winning Poor Fellow My Country, it provides a fictional account of life in 'Capricornia', a place clearly modelled Read More..

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Description	Capricornia (1938) is a novel by Xavier Herbert. Like his later work considered by many a masterpiece, the Miles Franklin Award winning Poor Fellow My Country, it provides a fictional account of life in 'Capricornia', a place clearly modelled specifically on Australia's Northern Territory, and to a lesser degree on tropical Australia in general, (i.e. anywhere north of the Tropic of Capricorn) in the early twentieth century. It was written in London between 1930 and 1932. Capricornia was his first book, and is somewhat less challenging than the 1,463 pages which comprise Poor Fellow...—referred to satirically by Barry Humphries as "Poor Fellow My Reader".Highly influenced by the Jindyworobak Movement, it also describes the inter-racial relationships and abuses of the period.It was written before Herbert was acting Protector of the Aborigines in Darwin.
Description	Capricornia (1938) is a novel by Xavier Herbert. Like his later work considered by many a masterpiece, the Miles Franklin Award winning Poor Fellow My Country, it provides a fictional account of life in 'Capricornia', a place clearly modelled specifically on Australia's Northern Territory, and to a lesser degree on tropical Australia in general, (i.e. anywhere north of the Tropic of Capricorn) in the early twentieth century. It was written in London between 1930 and 1932. Capricornia was his first book, and is somewhat less challenging than the 1,463 pages which comprise Poor Fellow...—referred to satirically by Barry Humphries as "Poor Fellow My Reader".Highly influenced by the Jindyworobak Movement, it also describes the inter-racial relationships and abuses of the period.It was written before Herbert was acting Protector of the Aborigines in Darwin.

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Name	Capricornia
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Authors	Xavier Herbert
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Isbn	978-0-207-13304-6
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Oclc	220213222
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Publisher	Angus & Robertson
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Pub_date	1938
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