The Ballad of Desmond Kale

Roger McDonald · 2005 CE · Novel · Australian · Contemporary

Desmond Kale, a convict who escapes custody in early colonial New South Wales, goes into the bush to tend a flock of merino sheep while those responsible for him pursue his recapture. A pastoral novel of the colony's founding wool economy.

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