A diamond in the dust
Within minutes of landing in Kununurra, Frauke Bolten had made up her mind to get on a plane back home to Germany. It was 1981 and the dusty frontier town was no place for a woman. However, Frauke stayed, determined to help her husband carve out a new life farming. Tragedy struck just three years later when Friedrich took his own life and she was left to raise their family alone. Twenty-six years after she sold her first necklace off the back porch, Kimberley Fine Diamonds in Kununurra is now h…
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- Full title :A diamond in the dust / Frauke Bolten-Boshammer with Sue Smethurst.
Summary
Within minutes of landing in Kununurra, Frauke Bolten had made up her mind to get on a plane back home to Germany. It was 1981 and the dusty frontier town was no place for a woman. However, Frauke stayed, determined to help her husband carve out a new life farming. Tragedy struck just three years later when Friedrich took his own life and she was left to raise their family alone. Twenty-six years after she sold her first necklace off the back porch, Kimberley Fine Diamonds in Kununurra is now home to one of the world's largest collections of Argyle pink diamonds, with a client list that includes Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Frauke is credited for not only pioneering an industry, but for putting the tiny outback town and its precious diamonds on the map. A Diamond in the Dust is a tale of love and loss, hardship and heartache, but ultimately the inspiring story of how a naive young girl from Germany overcame tragedy to pioneer a diamond empire in one of the most unforgiving terrains on earth.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster Australia
- Place of Publication:Cammeray, NSW
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
Notes
On cover: The powerful story of how one woman overcame tragedy to forge an Outback empire.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781925685091, 1925685098
- oclc:on1076359171
- LC Classification:NK7398.B658
- Dewey Decimal:739.27092
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