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The Newcomers by Vivian Stuart

The Newcomers: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Australians series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Newcomers runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Slater (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Newcomers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Australians

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 31.1 hours before it; books 1 to 24 run 212.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Exiles9.4 hrs
2The Prisoners11.2 hrs
3The Settlers10.5 hrs
4The Newcomers10.4 hrs
5The Traitors10.4 hrs
6The Rebels9.7 hrs
7The Explorers9 hrs
8The Travellers8.6 hrs
9The Adventurers9 hrs
10The Warriors8.8 hrs
11The Colonists10.6 hrs
12The Pioneers6.6 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,573 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Newcomers is book 4 of Vivian Stuart's Australians series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Slater, released June 23, 2022, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Slater
Released
June 23, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
Series
The Australians #4
ISBN
9789979642534

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Newcomers as an audiobook?

The Newcomers runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is The Newcomers free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Newcomers?

The Newcomers is narrated by Simon Slater.

Is The Newcomers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.