Daughter of the Plateau by Karen Harrland | PBFrom the author of Spinifex Baby, winner of the National 2014 Finch Memoir Prize. What does it mean to have no place to call home, and no family to turn to? Manna, named for the regal white gums and yellow tailed black cockatoos of the Central Highlands of Tasmania, was a wild, strong, fiercely independent child. But Mannas life was torn apart, first by her mothers abandonment, then by her fathers coldness. Craving connection, yet wounded by her past,

Duration: 96 minutes

Portfolio: Roar and peace | Pen Tayler

Abel's perspective Nicholas Brodie

The Patch: You don’t see fat pardalotes | Peter Grant

From humble beginnings as an apprentice signwriter during the Depression

and have recorded the personal experiences and recollections of a large number of mountain people

The moral of the story | Rodney Croome

Michael Anderson was there to eradicate the cats and control the rabbits

Inside Issue 79:

A comprehensive history of the oldest supreme court in Australia: the Tasmanian Supreme Court

Among animals living by ancient bush rules

Articles cover a range of pre-21st century topics including the turbulent history of the New Harbour breakwater