The Man on the Headland

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The Man on the Headland The Man on the Headland

by Kylie Tennant

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Published: 2012

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The Man on the Headland is the story of Kylie, her schoolmaster husband, Roddy, and her two children, both born during her time in Laurieton.While Kylie Tennant was living in the little fishing town of Laurieton on the north coast of New South Wales, she made two memorable discoveries - Ernie Metcalfe and Diamond Head. The two belonged together. Called by some 'the mad hermit of Diamond Head', Ernie was splendidly sane, if unlike anybody else.Kylie Tennant has painted his portrait vividly and with love, and with it the portrait of Diamond Head - a place to which Ernie was so closely bound in spirit that in the end they seemed to be one. She evokes its fascination and its subtle menace, its rocks and beaches, its wildflowers and wild creatures, the light on sea and land, so that the reader, too, falls under its spell and shares her grief and anger at its later devastation by mining.The Man on the Headland is also the story of Kylie, her schoolmaster...

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