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04539cam a2200625 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
AuCNLKIN |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| Date and Time of Latest Transaction |
20220526115435.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| Fixed-Length Data Elements |
210420s2021 vraabcfer 000 0aeng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN: - International Standard Book Number |
9780645140521 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGUING SOURCE |
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| Cataloguing source |
AU@ |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
AU@ |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Australian Content Indicator |
anuc |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| DDC: Dewey Decimal Classification System |
920.72 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Main Entry - Personal Name |
Gavranich, Debra, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The girl who left : |
| Subtitle |
from Croatia to the canefields / |
| Statement of responsibility |
Debra Gavranich. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Elsternwick, Vic : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Wild Dingo Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2021. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Melbourne, Vic. : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Wild Dingo Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Physical description - Collation |
257 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour), genealogical tables ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
cartographic image |
| Content type code |
cri |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
still image |
| Content type code |
sti |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Carrier type code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General Note |
"A true story"--Cover. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Marija lives in a small village on the idyllic island of Korcula off the coast near Split in the country now known as Croatia. At 18 years of age she agrees to a proxy marriage to a 27-year-old sugarcane farmer in Far North Queensland who had left the village as a small child with his family in the 1920s. The couple do not know each other, having only exchanged photographs and a handful of letters, but this marriage is Marija's escape from a traumatised post-war Europe. Her childhood is scarred by constant fear, with death and brutality stalking the island after it is occupied, first by the Italian army and later by the Nazis. Marija's older sister joins the Partisan rebels as a codebreaker for General Tito, while Marija and her younger sister and father secretly help the Partisans hiding in the hills, with intelligence on the enemy. At one stage, her beloved father is taken by the Nazis, only to return at the end of the war grateful to be alive. Bitter ethnic battles accompany this war and many from her village are tortured and killed. A life in Australia with a husband she does not know is a risk worth taking. She travels by ship to Australia along with hundreds of other young men and women seeking escape from poverty and despair in the old world to the promise of adventure, love and a better life. Finding herself sharing a farmhouse with a hostile father-in-law far removed from neighbours, in the midst of cane fields in tropical Queensland, was only bearable as she fell in love with her devoted husband, created her own family and with it, a future for the next generations in the new country. At 62, Marija is diagnosed with cancer so returns one last time to Korcula to farewell her family. However, Yugoslavia is imploding, and she finds herself once again fleeing tanks in the midst of a war. Shortly after returning from her trip, she passes away, surrounded by her Australian family in the country she has come to feel is truly her home. This is the migrant story of Australia, of courageous individuals taking the biggest risk of their lives often with little or no English. Their determination and hard work enable them to live with their sacrifices and overcome the profound loneliness of homesickness. The result is the rich diversity of our modern multicultural nation. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Subject Added Entry - Personal Name |
Gavranich, Marija. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Families |
| Geographic subdivision |
Korčula |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
War |
| Geographic subdivision |
Croatia |
| -- |
Korcula |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Families |
| Geographic subdivision |
Korcula |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Families |
| Geographic subdivision |
Croatia |
| -- |
Korčula |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
War |
| Geographic subdivision |
Croatia |
| -- |
Korčula |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Cancer |
| General subdivision |
Patients. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Croats. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Families. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Farm life. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Immigrants. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Married people. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
War. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Families |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Married people |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Immigrants |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Croats |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Farm life |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject added entry - Topical term |
Cancer |
| General subdivision |
Patients |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| -- |
Queensland |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Subject added Entry - Geographic Name |
Korčula (Croatia) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Subject added Entry - Geographic Name |
Australia |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Subject added Entry - Geographic Name |
Korcula (Croatia) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Subject added Entry - Geographic Name |
Croatia |
| Geographic subdivision |
Korčula. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Subject added Entry - Geographic Name |
Queensland. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| 655 #2 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biography |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiographies. |
| 655 #2 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiography |
