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Published by Walker Books. This is the story of the greatest escape artists of Australia's convict era - the legend of Moondyne Joe. It was the convict bushranger's amazing ability to escape every time he was placed behind bars than won him fame and the affection of the early settlers. Wearing a kangaroo-skin cape and possum-skin slippers, he roamed the wooded valleys and winding creeks at Moondyne Hills.
Published by Walker Books. This is the story of the greatest escape artists of Australia's convict era - the legend of Moondyne Joe. It was the convict bushranger's amazing ability to escape every time he was placed behind bars than won him fame and the affection of the early settlers. Wearing a kangaroo-skin cape and possum-skin slippers, he roamed the wooded valleys and winding creeks at Moondyne Hills.
![Cover to Cover Ep 22 with Violet Tregonning and James Foley
Meri Fatin explores the creation of Small Things (Allen & Unwin), an extraordinary graphic novel created by Mel Tregonning. She is joined by Violet Tregonning, Mels sister, and writer-illustrator James Foley.
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