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Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence

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Matthew Flinders' Cat Academic Munchkinlanders seek the comfort ofBilly O'Shannessy, once a prominent barrister, is now on the street where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library. Above him on the window sill rests a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders' cat, Trim. Ryan is a ten year old, a near street kid heading for all the usual trouble. The two meet and form an unlikely friendship. Appealing to the boy's imagination by telling him the story of the circumnavigation of Australia as seen through Trim's eyes,