TY - BOOK AB - Assuming the governorship of the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, Sir John Franklin and his wife adopt a young Aboriginal girl, Mathinna, and ten years later after Franklin and his crew disappear in the Arctic, Charles Dickens takes an interest in the story, which has a profound affect on this own life. AU - Flanagan, Richard, CN - PR9619.3.F525 CN - PR9619.3.F525 CY - New York, NY : DA - c2008. ET - 1st American ed. ID - 335838 KW - Aboriginal Australians N1 - Originally published in Australia in 2008 by Knopf. N2 - Assuming the governorship of the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, Sir John Franklin and his wife adopt a young Aboriginal girl, Mathinna, and ten years later after Franklin and his crew disappear in the Arctic, Charles Dickens takes an interest in the story, which has a profound affect on this own life. PB - Atlantic Monthly Press, PP - New York, NY : PY - c2008. SN - 9780802119001 SN - 080211900X T1 - Wanting / TI - Wanting / ER -