Take a trip down memory lane with author Cathy Hope

Next date: Monday, 02 September 2024 | 02:00 PM

'Murray River Girl’ , a true story, is set in Australia from 1934 – 1945, during the era of the Great Depression, Polio epidemic and World War Two.

From birth, 25th April 1934, until 1945, Roma lived on the banks of the Murray River at Coomealla in N.S.W in a tent home constructed from bush timber and wheat sacks, with a dirt floor.

Prior to Roma’s birth, her father was a homeless swaggie without a job and her mother, a shearers cook, away from home for about three months every year. Roma’s story evolves as she roams around freely playing at the riverbank and in the bush. Paddle steamers, swaggies, hawkers, the travelling circus, rabbit plagues, drovers and droughts all feature in her story.

Book signing and sales available. Books $20 each.

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Swan Hill Regional Library, 53 Campbell Street, Swan Hill, 3585, View Map