| The Lambing Flat | |
| Author: | Nerida Newton |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Historical novel |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Release Date: | October 2003 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages: | 273 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-7022-3386-2 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, paperback) |
| Dewey: | 823/.92 22 |
| Congress: | PR9619.4.N49 L36 2003 |
| Oclc: | 53110233 |
The Lambing Flat is the first novel by Australian author Nerida Newton; it was first published in 2003. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler.
The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century Australian gold rushes.
The main characters are:
Prior to publication, The Lambing Flat won the 2002 Emerging Queensland Author – Manuscript Award at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[1] and was highly commended for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award the same year.[2]
Newtown was named one of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists in 2004 for The Lambing Flat.[3] It was shortlisted for the Best First Book section of the Asia/Pacific Region of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and One Book One Brisbane in 2004.[4]