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Lightning Ridge (book)

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Lightning Ridge
First edition
AuthorIon Idriess
LanguageEnglish
Genrememoir
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1940
Publication placeAustralia

Lightning Ridge is a 1940 book by Ion Idriess.[1] It was an autobiographical account of part of his life, in particular his time in opal mining in Lightning Ridge.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "IN SEARCH OF OPALS". The West Australian. Vol. 56, no. 16, 952. 2 November 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 15 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "BOOKS of the WEEK". The News. Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 384. Adelaide. 26 October 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.