The Resource The lucky galah, Tracy Sorensen
The lucky galah, Tracy Sorensen
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- Summary
- "It's 1969 and a remote coastal town in Western Australia is poised to play a pivotal part in the moon landing. Perched on the red dunes of its outskirts looms the great Dish: a relay for messages between Apollo 11 and Houston, Texas. Radar technician Evan Johnson and his colleagues stare, transfixed, at the moving images on the console - although his glossy young wife, Linda, seems distracted. Meanwhile the people of Port Badminton have gathered to watch Armstrong's small step on a single television sitting centre stage in the old theatre. The Kelly family, a crop of redheads, sit in rare silence. Roo shooters at the back of the hall squint through their rifles to see the tiny screen. I'm in my cage on the Kelly's back verandah. I sit here, unheard, underestimated, biscuit crumbs on my beak. But fate is a curious thing. For just as Evan Johnson's story is about to end (and perhaps with a giant leap), my story prepares to take flight..."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Note
- "This is one rare bird..."--Front cover
- Isbn
- 9781760559205
- Label
- The lucky galah
- Title
- The lucky galah
- Statement of responsibility
- Tracy Sorensen
- Subject
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- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Fiction
- Australia -- History -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- trueBirds
- Cage birds -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueFate and fatalism
- Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Satellite dish antennas -- Fiction
- trueAmbition
- Space flight to the moon -- Fiction
- Villages -- Fiction
- Villages -- Western Australia -- Fiction
- trueWestern Australia
- Western Australia -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- trueSpace flight to the moon
- trueApollo 11 (Spacecraft)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It's 1969 and a remote coastal town in Western Australia is poised to play a pivotal part in the moon landing. Perched on the red dunes of its outskirts looms the great Dish: a relay for messages between Apollo 11 and Houston, Texas. Radar technician Evan Johnson and his colleagues stare, transfixed, at the moving images on the console - although his glossy young wife, Linda, seems distracted. Meanwhile the people of Port Badminton have gathered to watch Armstrong's small step on a single television sitting centre stage in the old theatre. The Kelly family, a crop of redheads, sit in rare silence. Roo shooters at the back of the hall squint through their rifles to see the tiny screen. I'm in my cage on the Kelly's back verandah. I sit here, unheard, underestimated, biscuit crumbs on my beak. But fate is a curious thing. For just as Evan Johnson's story is about to end (and perhaps with a giant leap), my story prepares to take flight..."--Back cover
- Award
- Librarians' Choice (Australia), 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10614176
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sorensen, Tracy
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Tertiary/Undergraduate
- General
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
- Villages
- Villages
- Cage birds
- Fate and fatalism
- Space flight to the moon
- Satellite dish antennas
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The lucky galah, Tracy Sorensen
- Note
- "This is one rare bird..."--Front cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061172093
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760559205
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1015182404
- Label
- The lucky galah, Tracy Sorensen
- Note
- "This is one rare bird..."--Front cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061172093
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760559205
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1015182404
Subject
- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Fiction
- Australia -- History -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- trueBirds
- Cage birds -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueFate and fatalism
- Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Satellite dish antennas -- Fiction
- trueAmbition
- Space flight to the moon -- Fiction
- Villages -- Fiction
- Villages -- Western Australia -- Fiction
- trueWestern Australia
- Western Australia -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- trueSpace flight to the moon
- trueApollo 11 (Spacecraft)
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