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A ruthless aristocrat and an Irish squatter, Lord Jasin Heselwood and Pace MacNamara arrived in Australia with a hunger for land and a hatred of each other. Pace's pioneering spirit lives on through his three sons, John Pace, Paul, and Duke, who find themselves at odds over their late mother Dolour's extraordinary will. Youngest son Duke is determined his brothers will not stand in the way of his ambitions, and purchases the splendid Mango Hill cattle station. Eager for land and rejected by the woman he loves, he joins a team heading west with a thousand head of cattle and encounters Edward, son of scheming Lord Heselwood. But bloodshed is on the horizon, as the group moves relentlessly towards a gathering storm of war with the warrior tribes of the great Kalkadoon nation.

Román se odehrává v první polovině devatenáctého století v Tasmánii, tehdy zvané Van Diemenova země. Do zdejší trestanecké kolonie přijíždí další transport vězňů z Anglie. Mezi nimi ovšem nejsou jen notoričtí zloději a rváči, ale i mnoho mladých mužů a žen, kteří byli odsouzeni za bezvýznamné přestupky či z politických důvodů. Tito lidé musejí přestát zlovůli dozorců, kruté podmínky a nelidskou dřinu, udržet si svou důstojnost a naučit se žít v neznámé zemi daleko od rodiny a bez naděje na návrat. Přátelství, láska, síla charakteru a nezdolná touha po svobodě však pomohou těm nejšťastnějším přežít a vybudovat si v krásné exotické zemi nový domov.

Die Insel Van Diemen's Land ist im 19. Jahrhundert Inbegriff des Schreckens für verurteilte Sträflinge. Unzählige Europäer werden wegen oftmals geringer Vergehen dorthin verbannt. Dies ist die Geschichte einiger dieser Männer. Können sie sich eines Tages als freie Männer eine Existenz aufbauen? Schliesslich finden sie einen Job auf einer Farm. Doch dann wird die Enkelin des Farmers schwanger. Ist einer der Sträflinge der Vater? Die Situation spitzt sich zu ... (Weltbild)

Polish translation of "Where the willows weep". In the 1850s, in Australia, a woman faces a dilemma. The man she loves is married and might never leave his wife. In the meantime she is penniless and a wealthy widower is proposing marriage. Keep waiting or marry? The background is a war against the Aborigines.

As the luxury China Belle enters Australian waters, its passengers have little idea of the tragedy that awaits them, particularly Mal Willoughby, who is returning to his native land to start a new life with his Chinese wife Jun Lien. The crew, led by First Officer Jake Tussup, mutinies off the coast of Australia, taking the passengers hostage. By the time the horrific ordeal is over and the crew have escaped to the goldfields of the Palmer River, Mal's beautiful wife is dead and the lives of all the survivors have been altered for ever. A close bond develops between the passengers as they try to put the traumatic experience behind them and as Mal struggles to come to terms with his grief, he vows to hunt down Jake and his accomplices and avenge his wife's death. Mal's search for justice takes him from the exotic mountains of China, to the rising new town of Carins and on to the squalid and teeming goldfields; but will he ever be able to break free from the past?

Ten years after he first took shelter with the Queensland Aborigines, Jack Drew - an escaped convict - has decided the time has come to return to civilisation. He finds employment on a back-country farm called Emerald Downs, and when the owner, Major Ferrington, is ordered to roust the Aborigines who have been terrorising the area, Jack is horrified to find he must go with him as a scout. The farm is left in the hands of Adrian Pinnock - the brother of Major Ferrington's fiancée, Jessie - but when Jessie herself insists on accompanying him dealings on the once well-ordered estate take a very different course. It soon becomes clear that the shattering events of these frontier times will give new meaning to all their lives...

Father Beitz has a dream. From his home in 1870s Hamburg, he plans to pioneer an idyllic German community in faraway Australia, in a backwoods hamlet, barely settled, called Bundaberg. He soon finds other dreamers eager to join him, thrilled by the prospect of a sunny clime, cheap arable land, and their own Lutheran society.But when they arrive they find the land, bought for them by Father Beitz, is nothing but a jungle, and before long it seems the trials of their new home may force the community to disintegrate. As time passes, a combination of courage and determination carries the pioneers beyond their fears, but a new threat awaits. Only an elderly Aborigine mystic sees the evil that threatens them, but can he warn them in time?

The Hamilton and Oatley families, the owners of massive cattle stations in Australia's Northern Territory, rely on the annual monsoons to restore their parched land after the long, exhausting dry season. But this year the ominous storm clouds only serve to remind them of trouble brewing - an Aborgine guerilla fighter in the district with some of his men is causing havoc indiscriminately and placing both Zack Hamilton and William Oatley in great danger. As the days drag on, the Aborigines' struggle for survival involves them all in a vicious waiting game until men with revenge in their hearts have to face the truth about themselves.

When Emilie and Ruth Tissington find themselves destitute in London, they set sail for Australia where they have been offered positions as governesses. After a traumatic voyage, they arrive to find their jobs do not exist. Then Emilie meets charming Mallachi Willoughby, and there is trouble ahead.

Austin Broderick hat in Australien sein Glück als Schafzüchter gemacht. Doch der Preis, den er für seinen Erfolg gezahlt hat, ist hoch: Sein Partner Kelly Halligan wurde von den Aborigines ermordet, denen sie das Land für ihre Zucht weggenommen hatten. Seitdem bemühen sich Austin und seine Frau um so mehr um dauerhaften Frieden mit den Ureinwohnern ihrer neuen Heimat. Aber ihre Anstrengungen werden durch den Missionar Reverend Billings zunichte gemacht, der drei Aborigine-Kinder entführt, um sie "aus der heidnischen Umgebung zu erretten". Gleichzeitig droht Austin seinen Besitz durch eine Landreform zu verlieren. Die Situation spitzt sich dramatisch zu - bis Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite naht...

Auf der Suche nach ihrem unbekannten Vater reist die selbstbewußte Regal Hayes von Boston nach London. Dort lernt sie ihre große Liebe kennen, den dänischen Kapitän Jorge Jorgenson. Der charmante Seefahrer bestimmt fortan ihr Leben. Doch die stürmische Beziehung bringt ungeahnte Wirrungen mit sich.

Set against the turbulent excitement of the goldrush, a story of courage, ambition and desire. Following the tragic death of their father, Clem Price and his sister Alice take over the running of Lancoorie sheep station in Western Australia. Despite his youth and inexperience, Clem is determined to see the farm prosper. When wealthy Dr Carty suggests that Clem marry his daughter Thora, Clem cannot afford to refuse the handsome dowry she will bring. And although he knows that Thora is carrying another man's child, he is enchanted by his beautiful young bride. Yet Thora proves to be flighty and demanding, disappointed that her husband is not as wealthy as she had imagined. Desperate to please her, Clem joins the goldrush to Kalgoorlie to seek his fortune. But his prolonged absence enrages Thora further and, despite Alice's warnings, she travels to Perth to find her husband. Her dramatic reunion with Clem is to have shocking consequences from which those involved might never recover...

1898. Battling deprivation in Ireland, Trella Court has no choice but to turn her husband's brother Brodie out of the house. What else could she do with a family to feed? A bitter Brodie travels to Dublin, where he's offered a passage to Australia - a land, it's rumoured, of untold riches. Arriving in Brisbane, Brodie is soon recruited by the owner of Fairlea cattle station. But the sight of a dazzling opal necklace in a jeweller's window leaves him with a dream. He vows one day to find the mesmerising stones and make his fortune. Brodie adjusts well to life at the station, but when his passionate affair with the spoilt mistress causes trouble, he decides to leave and join the hunt for opals. Yet back in Ireland, a destitute Trella and her son are boarding a ship bound for Australia. Can Brodie's obsession with opals save them from ruin, or will it spell tragedy for them all?

Zuversichtlich bricht der junge Engländer Corby Morgan auf in sein neues Leben. Unter der strahlenden Sonne Australiens wollen er und seine Frau Jessie ihr Glück finden. Doch im rotglühenden Outback treffen sie auf ungeahnte Hindernisse und Gefahren.

Australien, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Ben, Sohn einer Aborigine und eines Weissen, wächst wohlbehütet auf. Erst durch den Tod seiner Mutter wird er mit der harten Realität konfrontiert und wegen einer Lappalie zu mehrjährigem Straflager verurteilt.

Queensland um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Leidenschaft flammt wie ein Buschfeuer auf zwischen der jungen Politiker-tochter Laura und dem Farmer Paul McNamara. Doch im Kampf um die heiße Erde des Landes stehen sie auf verschiedenen Seiten ...

In a wild and untamed country, a woman searches for a place to call her own... Tragically orphaned at sea, cast adrift in an alien land, Sibell Delahunty applies for the post of secretary-companion to Charlotte Hamilton and undertakes the arduous journey to Black Wattle Station in the Northern Territory. The rigours of an isolated cattle station come as a shock to the gently brought-up English girl, who is viewed with suspicion by Charlotte's sons. Only Charlotte's own kindness makes life tolerable, helped, in time, by increasing interest from the unmarried son, Zack. When disaster deprives the station of its mistress, Sibell is forced to take charge and eventually earns the grudging respect of the family. She also discovers within herself an unsuspected strength and resilience. But the unforgiving land is not finished with Sibell yet. Her courage and endurance will be tested to the utmost before she can ever call her adopted country home...

Patricia Shaw's magnificent saga celebrates the pioneering spirit of the men and women whose courage and ambition laid the foundations of modern Australia

Im Mittelpunkt dieses breit angelegten historischen Abenteuer- und Familienromans steht die Konfrontation zwischen weissen Siedlern, Sträflingen und Ureinwohnern im Australien des 19. Jahrhunderts.