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Author Cottrell, Dorothy, 1902-1957.

Title Wilderness orphan / Dorothy Cottrell
Published Sydney : Ian Novak, 1961

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 MELB SPCBC  819 Cottre Dor/Wor  LIB USE ONLY
 ADPML SPCHL  819 Cottre Dor/Wor  LIB USE ONLY
Description 64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary Chut, an orphan Joey, is raised by Tom Henton and his wife and Tom teaches him to box. Drought strikes and in desperate need of money Tom is forced to sell Chut to a circus owner whose cruelty results in tragedy
Notes First published, Sydney, 1936 with subtitle: The life and adventures of Chut, the kangaroo
Audience For children
Subject Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction.
Country life -- Australia -- Queensland -- Juvenile fiction.
Cruelty -- Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.
Kangaroos -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Wild animals as pets -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
LC no. cvx00414800