Pilbara by Judy Nunn. Where the country can make you...or break you

A stunning tale of loyalty and survival from a master storyteller ...

In this ancient, harsh place, faint hearts will not last.

The Pilbara, late 1800s: Frontier country, the wild west of Australia - a lawless, violent place where treachery is a way of life.

Widower Charles Burton arrives in this forbidding corner of the world with his three young children. They've travelled half the globe, from the lush rolling hills and dales of Yorkshire, on a mission to save their family's sheep and cattle property. Rebuilding the fortunes of Burton Station will ask everything of Charles and his children, particularly daughter Victoria, who will at times threaten to bring about their downfall.

Here in the oldest landscape on earth, survival has always proved a battle. And when greed takes over, the battle only intensifies. Aboriginal people are robbed of their lands and their very way of life as every new arrival fights for the riches on offer - the grazing territory, the pearls and the gold. Amid all this brutality, the Burtons and their allies must fight to conquer the savagery that surrounds them.

From Yorkshire to Cossack in Western Australia, and London to Tahiti in French Polynesia, Pilbara is the tale of a family on a mission to restore the honour of its name.

About the Author

Judy Nunn AM is an Australian literary icon and master storyteller. In her thirty-year career, she has written over twenty books, which have sold more than a million copies in Australia alone. Readers everywhere are passionate about Judy's stories of her country and its people, told with her trademark authenticity and filled with unforgettable characters who live on long after the final page.

ISBN: 9781460768471

ISBN-10: 1460768477

Published: 28th October 2025

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Number of Pages: 512

Audience: General Adult

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Country of Publication: AU

Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.5

Weight (kg): 0.61