{"product_id":"shaking-the-mulga-clem-ditton-9780646829920","title":"Shaking the Mulga: An Australian family history","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMulga Belt\u003c\/em\u003e was the family sheep property where Clem Ditton lived as a newborn and it was the starting point for his explorations into his ancestral origins in \u003cem\u003eShaking the Mulga\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Australian family history, Clem gives the family tree a good shake, as he explores the circumstances that drove his ancestors to leave their homes on the other side of the world to come to this new country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImproving access to records and the new tool, DNA, accelerated a journey begun more than thirty years ago. They enabled Clem to exhume secrets and to discover a treasure trove of stories about the ordinary and not so ordinary lives of his ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShaking the Mulga\u003c\/em\u003e is also an exploration of the 'Australian story' more generally - a melting pot of cultures and backgrounds interacting with events and changes - set against the backdrop of this colourful and challenging country we call home - already inhabited by its own Indigenous Australians when its new chapter began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is also a book that can help us to understand that knowing our past can offer us a greater sense of who we are and our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clem Ditton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0646829920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780646829920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clem Ditton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Clem Ditton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757730873599,"sku":"9780646829920","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57ba8734-1174-47da-b28e-2a281999d268.jpg?v=1765510544","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaking-the-mulga-clem-ditton-9780646829920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}