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| Author | Eric Baume |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Macquarie Head Press |
Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 251 pp. |
| Followed by | Burnt Sugar |
Half Caste is a 1933 Australian novel by Eric Baume. It was Baume's best known novel. [1]
The novel was one of the most popular Australian books of the year. [2]
The Bulletin said Baume "tells vividly and clearly, often poignantly, the problems that beset the half-caste Maori girl who is highly educated but is without money or social background." [3]
The Australian Woman's Mirror called it "a frankly realistic and in parts savagely critical piece of writing." [4]
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