| Author: | Pemulwuy Weeatunga | ISBN: | 9781370026449 |
| Publisher: | Pemulwuy Weeatunga | Publication: | July 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pemulwuy Weeatunga |
| ISBN: | 9781370026449 |
| Publisher: | Pemulwuy Weeatunga |
| Publication: | July 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
A white Russian woman and a native black man together in Central Queensland, Australia in the early 1900’s, was guaranteed to set tongues wagging. With a shortage of white women in the new raw colony, the fast-maturing, eye-catching Russian immigrant - Tchernaya Kreyanoff - was pledged as a teen to a local landholder: a man used to getting what he wanted, and rich enough to have others ensure those wishes were granted. Tchernaya however, was no wilting wallflower; she was fortified by her chosen man, his people and their sacred lands. On Queensland’s east coast Bruce Highway - that infamous 2000-kilometer stretch of narrow blacktop running the coast from Brisbane to Cairns – the road crosses a small Creek-bed that carries her exquisite name. Now, find out why…
A white Russian woman and a native black man together in Central Queensland, Australia in the early 1900’s, was guaranteed to set tongues wagging. With a shortage of white women in the new raw colony, the fast-maturing, eye-catching Russian immigrant - Tchernaya Kreyanoff - was pledged as a teen to a local landholder: a man used to getting what he wanted, and rich enough to have others ensure those wishes were granted. Tchernaya however, was no wilting wallflower; she was fortified by her chosen man, his people and their sacred lands. On Queensland’s east coast Bruce Highway - that infamous 2000-kilometer stretch of narrow blacktop running the coast from Brisbane to Cairns – the road crosses a small Creek-bed that carries her exquisite name. Now, find out why…
