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A work of local history chronicling the life and death of the rural township of Lyonville, a sawmilling settlement in the Wombat Forest region of Victoria's Central Highlands, Charlie's Book explores the struggle to forge a community in the face of almost unendurable hardship an desolation.

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Charlie's Book is a joy to hold and a pleasure to read--a book as good as its unpretentious cover . . . Charlie's gentle humour and wry insights make this an engrossing yarn as much as a thorough document, beautifully researched and set out. -- The Australian's Review of Books

Charlie's Book is a joy to hold and a pleasure to read--a book as good as its unpretentious cover . . . Charlie's gentle humour and wry insights make this an engrossing yarn as much as a thorough document, beautifully researched and set out. -- The Australian's Review of Books Sunderland's reconstruction of the life of this formerly bustling little town through vivid and often humourous recollections of Charlie will reverberate for many. -- The Canberra Times

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Lynn Sunderland lives in the Wombat State Forest of central Victoria, close to the settlement of Lyonville. Charlie Miller was her nearest supplier of provisions until he retired in 1994.

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