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{{Short description|Book by F.J. Thwaites}}
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| publisher     = Jackson & O'Sullivan
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'''''Broken Wings''''' is a 1934 novel by [[F. J. Thwaites]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142632658 |title=Review. |newspaper=[[South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus]] |location=NSW |date=5 October 1934 |accessdate=1 November 2014 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110981792 |title=Station Life. |newspaper=[[The Land (newspaper)|The Land]] |location=Sydney |date=7 December 1934 |accessdate=1 November 2014 |page=23 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110576102 |title=OBITUARY F.J. Thwaites, fondly remembered by maiden aunts |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=53 |issue=16,035 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=19 August 1979 |accessdate=9 March 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The novel was adapted for the radio.<ref>{{Citation
| title=SWITCHGIRL'S FOLLIES AT 2SM
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| volume=27| issue=19 (May 8, 1936)
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-712038814
| id=nla.obj-712038814
| access-date=9 March 2024
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}}</ref>
==Plot==
The novel is set in Australia's [[Sheep station|sheep country]]. Ron Burrell, the last son of a respected pioneer family, falls foul of a powerful financier and suffers many vicissitudes before regaining his place in society.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C631673 ''Broken Wings''] at [[AustLit]]
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[[Category:1934 Australian novels]]
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