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| Author | Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Publisher | Longmans Green |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 129pp |
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