At this stage I must admit I was disappointed and doubt I'll be fronting up for more. The vast majority (if not all) of her books are Australia themed and if for no other reason I expected to enjoy Beneath The Southern Cross. I hadn't read her before but have some book buddies who simply rave about her. Not only was she an actress, her most famous role being a twelve year stint in popular soap opera Home and Away, but she's written for radio and tv, has written a couple of children's books and is a prolific author of adult fiction. Judy Nunn is a household name in Australia. Bringing history to life, Judy Nunn traces the fortunes of Kendall's descendants through good times and bad, wars and social revolutions to the present day, vividly drawing the events, characters and issues that have made the city of Sydney and the nation of Australia what they are today.
It is only at the dawn of the new Millennium - as an old journal lays bear a terrible secret - that the family can finally reclaim its honour.īeneath the Southern Cross is as much a story of a city as it is a family chronicle. His descendants play their part in the forging of a nation, but greed and prejudice see an irreparable rift in the family which will echo through the generations. Thomas fathers a dynasty that will last more than two hundred years. In 1788, Thomas Kendall, a naïve nineteen-year-old sentenced to transportation for burglary, finds himself bound for Sydney Town and a new life in the wild and lawless land beneath the Southern Cross. A riveting novel that tells the story of Sydney and the people who shaped its character, its skyline and its heart.
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