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Tin Mosques and Ghan towns covers one hundred and thirty neglected years of Australian history, for fifty years of which the camel trains criss-crossed the continent, carrying the necessities of life, and some few of its luxuries, to settlements in the isolated interior. Throughout those years the turbaned camel drivers, exotically dressed and often fragrant with the oils and perfumes of the East, fought a bitter battle for the inland cartage trade with the quintessential symbol of outback adventure, the bullocky. Christine Stevens has recreated the story of the Afghan camel men, their wives and their families, from a wealth of unpublished sources. Supplemented by over one hundred rare and original photographs, the result is a mixture of adventure, courage, villainy, tragedy, high romance and low humour. No one with an interest in Australian history should miss it.
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Too long in the Bush is the story of how, from 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team made the first road across Central Australia east to west, 1500 kilometres from the Alice Springs road to Carnegie homestead 650 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie.
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Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia’s landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people and a willingness to Cast away the trappings of her former…
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Tumby Tom Tierney is regarded by many as the fisherman’s fisherman. It has been said, in fact, that he could catch a big snapper in a roadside puddle on a bent pin with half a banana as bait!
Despite being born into a family where angling was never a high priority, Tom soon developed an interest in pulling all manner of fish from the water – an interest that gradually developed into a life-long obsession.
Competitive by nature in all sports, it was inevitable that Tom’s obvious skills with rod and reel would ultimately propel him into competition fishing.
Master storyteller Ryle Winn learnt his craft in the backblocks, experimented with it in the public bar and honed it in between musters and sale yards. In Ryle’s third collection of true tales, ordinary situations can turn into mayhem at the drop of a hat. Meet a ute load of wayward working dogs, a horse…
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This book is an autobiography of the second half of Terry Krieg’s life commencing in 1974 and continuing to the present, 2013. It’s mostly an account of a series of walking adventures, long and short, which I did in the company of Australia’s foremost desert adventurer, C. Warren Bonython. It also includes writings on issues, places and events which have been important in my life since meeting Warren.
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In 1902, newly married Jeannie Gunn (Mrs Aeneas Gunn) left the security and comfort of her Melbourne home to travel to the depths of the Northern Territory, where her husband had been appointed manager of ‘The Elsey’, a large cattle station. She had an unerring ear and eye for the sounds and sights of the…
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This revised edition now looks at the next phase of seed collection; that is, its use in revegetation. Our rapid clearance of the Australian landscape during the past 200 years has brought many serious land problems to this great continent. Our land has not been managed well during that period and, in many ways, the original indigenous peoples had a better record of land management. This does not to any extent take away from the excellent efforts to redress this by many people during the past thirty years.
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When third-generation cattleman Rob Cook set out on a routine mustering job in a chopper it was a day in the outback like any other, but when the chopper suddenly fell out of the sky, smashing into the ground, it was the day that changed everything. This one-time professional bull-rider had been in scrapes before…
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It tells of the days when Lutheran missionaries attempted in civilise the Aborigines and relates the subsequent history of their land grand, which eventually passed to Major Powell and his English wife Beryl. Drought, creeping sands hills, fires, dust-storms and lack of capital finally drove the Powell back to Adelaide, where Bonython (who had worked as a Jackeroo on the adjoining property) learned of their story and marvelled at their endurance.
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The 3200-kilomtre-long Overland Telegraph Lne fro Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872, an engineering marvel that chanced Australia, connecting the continent with the rest of the world and heralding the dawn of instant communication. In Whispering Wire, Rosamund Burton traces the path of this largely forgotten stand of wire through the vast desert interior of the country to the flood-prone Top End.
Struggling with a lack of experience and fitness, Rosamund and her friend cycle the first 800 kilometres from Adelaide through the Flinders Ranges to the deserted outback town of Farina, battling piercing winds and pelting rain, discovering insulators and strands of the original telegraph wire, and chatting with locals as they go. Continuing her travels by four-wheel drive, with detours along remote dirt tracks in search of the derelict repeater stations, she reaches Darwin, an extraordinary journey through history and landscape.
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True-life stories of inspiring country women
Anne Crawford has woven together the extraordinary true stories of eight inspiring women from remote parts of Australia – whether that be the bush, the mountains or the outback. The women featured range from hard-bitten bush women to those who have left the city for a new challenge. Together they share their stories of lives forged in often inhospitable conditions, the hardships imposed by isolation and the personal trials they endure to live there. Women of Spirit is a wonderful snapshot of strong women living quiet but important lives in Australia today.
Anne Crawford
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Women of the Land brings together the inspiring and heart-warming stories of eight rural women who run their own farms, or in the case of one, manage a cattle station on behalf of an entire community. Often juggling the demands of raising a family, they have overcome tragedy, personal fears, physical exhaustion and more than a little scepticism to build vibrant futures that sustain them and their families, in the process inspiring their neighbours and communities with their entrepreneurship, humility and determination.
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Drought, flood, harrowing isolation and horrific accidents the Australian outback is no place for a lady. But the women of the Outback are a different breed: tough, resilient and endlessly resourceful. They’re both the backbone and the heart of Australia, keeping their farms going, their families together and their communities alive – and often against overwhelming odds.
Sue Williams
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A history of the Adnyamathanha of the North Flinders Ranges
Peggy Brock
Yura and Udnyu tells a fascinating history of a resourceful people.
The beautiful, rugged north Flinders Ranges is the home of the Adnyamathanha. Their creation stories tell of their physical and cultural longevity in the region. However, their lives and community were seriously disrupted with the advent of British colonialism from the mid-nineteenth century.
Using firsthand accounts from Adnyamathanha and archival sources this book traces the history of colonial incursion and Adnyamathanha responses from 1840 to the era of native title in the twenty-first century. From early violent encounters between Adnyamathanha and colonists looking for land to graze their stock, employment of Adnyamathanha in the pastoral and mining industries, through hard times during droughts and economic depression, the establishment of the United Aborigines Mission at Nepabunna, to the era of self-determination in the 1970s, Adnyamathanha have shown great resilience in their ability to adapt to changing circumstances while maintaining a strong sense of identity and community. Throughout, they have seized opportunities to inform the wider society of their cultural knowledge and maintain their rights to country.
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