The Big Country
First edition
AuthorE. V. Timms
Alma Timms
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGreat South Land Saga
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1962

The Big Country is an Australian novel by E. V. Timms and Alma Timms. It was the eleventh in the Great South Land Saga of novels; E. V. Timms died before it was finished so his wife Alma completed the novel.[1][2]

Plot

In the 1870s, beyond in Darling River, a half-caste girl, Jenny Courage, searches for her father, George Crumby, who abandoned her and her mother. George has moved to Sydney and prospered. Jenny works on a river board and becomes a housekeeper on an isolated station.

References

  1. "Timms again". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 11 December 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. "Far West Of Yesteryear". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 4 August 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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