Free Diving Series Marnie Clark of Curdie Vale

Marnie Clark of Curdie Vale can ride but she doesn’t have a horse

Features full-colour reproductions

and explores themes of alienation

2002 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

Free Diving Series Marnie Clark of Curdie ValeA poignant tribute to the Aboriginal men and women who worked in the pearling industry as free divers in the late nineteenth century in Western Australia. The fictionalised lyrical narrative is based on the celebrated song Free Diving by singersongwriter Lorrae Coffin. It sensitively reflects the emotional journey of a young man who leaves family and country to work on a lugger with Japanese and Malay divers by his side. Bronwyn Houstons illustrations