Southern Steel (novel)

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Southern Steel
Author Dymphna Cusack
CountryAustralia
Language English
GenreFiction
PublisherConstable, London
Publication date
1953
Media typePrint
Pages409pp
Preceded by Say No to Death  
Followed by The Sun in Exile  

Southern Steel (1953) is a novel by Australian writer Dymphna Cusack. [1]

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Story outline

Set in Newcastle, New South Wales, during World War II, the story concerns three brothers who all work at varying levels of a local steel maker.

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