Kate Constable's Crow Country

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It is of vast importance that the majority of the population of our country reads and studies narratives, set in Australia, that have been written by Australians so that a wider audience is able to learn more about the experiences of life in different parts of Australia, educating us about the significant stories that helped shape our country. This is particularly true in the instance of Crow Country, a book by Australian author Kate Constable. In this novel, we follow a young girl, Sadie as she tries to unravel a mystery decades old, along the way finding out about the importance of the past through time slips to the 1930’s. Sadie, with her trusty Aboriginal friend Walter by her side, also learns about several acts of racial prejudice and

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