The Lambing Flat
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First edition cover | |
| Author | Nerida Newton |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | University of Queensland Press |
Publication date | October 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 273 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7022-3386-2 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 53110233 |
| 823/.92 22 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.4.N49 L36 2003 |
The Lambing Flat is a novel written by Australian author Nerida Newton and was first published in 2003. It was Newton's first novel. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler.
The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century Australian gold rushes.
The main characters are
- Ella, the daughter of a grazier, who grew up on an isolated, drought-ridden Queensland property.
- Lok and his father who come from China in search of gold. They are caught up in the infamous Lambing Flat riots.