Download or read book Blood Stains the Wattle written by Keith De Lacy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving love triangle set against the background of the 1964 Mount Isa miners strike. Mix trade union politics with a ferocious miners strike and you get a Molotov cocktail. Former Treasurer of Queensland, author Keith De Lacy has now created a uniquely Australian working class novel.