Title A safe place to live / written and illustrated by Bic Walker

Published [Ashburton, Vic.] : Bic Walker, [2011] ©2011

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MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wal/Spt		AVAILABLE

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, 1 portrait ; 30 x 30 cm Summary Bic Walker escaped with her family from Vietnam as a refugee in 1979 when she was 3 years old. This is a true story based on her journey to Australia Analysis Australian Notes "Once upon a time, my family lived in a place that was unsafe. People were always fighting and there was war everywhere. So we decided we must go on a journey to find a safer home to live ..."--Back cover Bibliography For children Subject Walker, Bic -- Travel Walker, Bic Boat people -- Australia -- Biography. Boat people -- Vietnam -- Biography. Immigrants -- Australia -- Biography. Refugee children -- Vietnam -- Biography. Refugee camps -- Biography. Refugees -- Vietnam. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees -- Biography. Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography. SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 Vietnam http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032186 -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Genre/Form Biographies. Picture books. ISBN 9780646565163 (paperback)

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