ISBN 9789810848804
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Paperback: 272 pages
Pub Date: Apr 2010
S$23.50

The Pioneers
Katharine Susannah Prichard


This endearing nineteenth-century family saga follows the lives, loves and losses of one pioneering family and two escaped convicts as they open up the land in Gippsland, Victoria. The Pioneers won the Hodder and Stoughton All Empire Literature Prize for Australasia in 1915, giving its author one thousand pounds and the opportunity to launch her career as a creative writer. The Pioneers has been filmed twice: in 1916 and in 1926. This classic Australian story not only commands a place in the cannon of Australian literature but it is also an important part of Australia’s national cultural heritage for its fascinating record and reflection of early Australian life and perspectives.

The book features a Foreword by Katharine Susannah Prichard’s granddaughter, Australian poet Karen Throssell and an essay by well-known Australian poet Dr Glen Phillips.