The Lambing Flat

The Lambing Flat

First edition cover
Author	Nerida Newton
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	University of Queensland Press
Publication date	October 2003
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	273 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN	0-7022-3386-2 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC	53110233
Dewey Decimal	823/.92 22
LC Class	PR9619.4.N49 L36 2003

The Lambing Flat is the first novel by Australian author Nerida Newton; it was first published in 2003. ^[1] She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler .

Plot

The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century Australian gold rushes.

The main characters are:

• Ella, the daughter of a grazier, who grew up on an isolated, drought-ridden Queensland property.
• Lok and his father who come from China in search of gold. They are caught up in the infamous Lambing Flat riots.

Awards and recognition

Prior to publication, The Lambing Flat won the 2002 Emerging Queensland Author – Manuscript Award at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards ^[2] and was highly commended for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award the same year. ^[3]

Newtown was named one of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists in 2004 for The Lambing Flat. ^[4] It was shortlisted for the Best First Book section of the Asia/Pacific Region of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and One Book One Brisbane in 2004. ^[5]

External links

• Nerida Newton's Home Page

References

1. "The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
2. "Nerida Newton". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
3. "The Australian / Vogel Award". middlemiss.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
4. Wyndham, Susan (9 May 2016). "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists awards turn 20". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
5. "Writing Historical Fiction". State Library of Queensland. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2024.