Queensland Cousins

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Queensland Cousins

by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield

EN·~5 hours

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In the sun‑baked outback of Queensland, the Orban family runs a sprawling cattle station that feels both isolated and alive with the chatter of children. When a long‑awaited parcel from England finally arrives, the house erupts in a mixture of excitement, curiosity, and quiet longing, each sibling hoping the bundle will carry a piece of the distant home they barely remember.

The narrative captures the everyday rhythms of frontier life—riding out on horseback, sewing worn shirts, and the constant tug‑of‑war between duty and desire. Through the eyes of the twins, the thoughtful Peter, and the spirited little Becky, listeners hear the clash of hopes and hardships that shape a family trying to forge a future in a new world while still clutching the threads of their past.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (316K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Nick Wall, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2008-04-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Eleanor Luisa Haverfield

b. 1870

A little-known early 20th-century writer whose work survives mainly through digital archives, she appears to have published fiction and other writings that are now in the public domain.

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