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This is a story about a shameful part of Australia's history as seen through the diary of a fictional teenage girl called Rainbird.
Rainbird, in her simple but evocative style, tells how her father, who died under mysterious circumstances, had been a secret volunteer in a highly confidential undertaking by the Menzies Government in the 1950s.
Rainbird tells how her older brother Archer embarks on a mission to reveal the truth and in so doing, discovers a massive government cover-up. His quest to find the truth and gain compensation for the people who have suffered and died is met by intimidation, bloodshed and murder.
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Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies is a retired school principal who now lives with Merilyn his wife of forty-two years at Hope Island on Queensland Australia's Gold Coast. Robert has a daughter Jacquie, a son Ben, a daughter-in-law Natasha and two grandchildren William and Isabella.
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