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The Young Berringtons

The Boy Explorers

by William Henry Giles Kingston

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1880
Pages
115
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A missing horse sends Paul and Harry Berrington riding through the Queensland bush while they discuss the English cousins expected to join their family. Their uncle has lost much of his fortune, and the brothers wonder how relatives accustomed to a comfortable London household will take to cattle, horses and chores. The search for Old Bolter introduces the landscape around their homestead on the Burnett River, from thick vegetation to open forest and dry creeks.

William Henry Giles Kingston builds this children's adventure around family relationships and the practical demands of frontier life. The wooden house, its gardens and its livestock yards give a detailed picture of the settlers' home. In a later scene, rising floodwater forces hurried preparations: drays carry family members and belongings towards higher ground, while Harry and his cousins try to save more possessions. The contrast between everyday work and sudden danger gives readers a view of how skill, effort and cooperation shape life at the homestead.

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William Henry Giles Kingston

William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880), often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He also worked as a linguist and translator. His books include "Peter the Whaler" and "The Rival Crusoes".

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First published
1880
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
115
Language
English
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