Playing Beatie Bow

Blurb

Playing Beatie Bow is an Australian children's book written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980.
The story is set in Sydney, Australia and is about a girl named Abigail who travels back in time to colonial Sydney-Town in the year 1873, where she meets Beatie Bow, a girl whose name has become part of Abigail's local folklore. Much of the book is set in real-life locations around Sydney's historical Rocks district.