Help me name this book

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myusernameisusername · 30/03/2015 02:44

About an Australian child migrant called Arthur hobbs and he gets sent away to Australia without his sister Kitty he ends up living on a farm where he and his friend escape and are helped by aboriginals i think that's all I can remember about it

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myusernameisusername · 30/03/2015 02:51

oh and he later has a daughter who sails to London from hobart to look for kitty after her dad dies and she finds her also has something about a key kitty gave arthur before he got on the boat to Australia cant remember the name of this book or author

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myusernameisusername · 30/03/2015 14:14

Anyone ??

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Leeds2 · 30/03/2015 15:51

Alone On A Wide, Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo, possibly?

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myusernameisusername · 30/03/2015 17:11

yes thank you

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Leeds2 · 31/03/2015 10:17

Yay!!

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myusernameisusername · 01/04/2015 18:14

Bought it on ebay for Â£3 happy bedtime reading till 7am

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