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Blogs in January 1970

Lucy in the Sky 1st January 1970

Lucy is heading back to Australia for her best friend’s wedding when she gets a text from her boyfriend’s phone from someone saying they have just slept with him. She is just about to take off, trapped for many...

The-Merry-go-round in the sea 1st January 1970

In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful, dry landscape of Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite, older cousin, Rick, leaves to join the...

The New Shoe 1st January 1970

Looking for Alibrandi 1st January 1970

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it’s just been her, her mther, and her grandmother. Now it’s her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn’t be any stricter-but that doesn’t seem to stop...

Maralinga 1st January 1970

During the darkest days of the Cold War, in the remote wilderness of a South Australian desert, the future of an infant nation is being decided – without its people’s knowledge. In the spring of 1956, British Lieutenant Daniel...