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There have been a number of tough characters in Australia’s short European history. One such character was Australia’s greatest inland explorer, John McDouall Stuart, who in 1861-62 crossed the continent from south to north and back, through the centre and without loss of life. Rex Ellis is another. But Rex is more than tough. He’s a mixture of expeditioner, adventurer, pioneer, conservationist, ornithologist, and safari operator. He’s been in the bush for more years than three score and ten.
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Griselda Sprigg, her husband, Reg, and children, Marg and Doug, were attempting the first motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert. Steep, slippery sand dunes stretched behind and before them forever. Dune is a four-letter word, muttered Griselda, ‘and so is bloody spinifex!
Dune is a four-letter word describes the Spriggs’ pioneering adventures – not only in the Simpson Desert but across the vast Australian outback, as the family joined Reg in his relentless geological explorations. Griselda Sprigg tells a story of true love, a heart-warming tale of a family working together, and a humorous, earthy yarn about the bush and its characters.
Griselda’s book is also the story of a great Australian outback resort, Arkaroola, and of how the Spriggs turned a drought-stricken sheep station into the magnificent flora and fauna sanctuary it is today.
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In recent years Australian wild food plants have being gaining much interest amongst plant growers and cooks.
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On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person. These and many other adventures of the outback are retold in Beadell’s own lively and entertaining style.
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EXPLORE THE FLINDERS RANGES explains the cultural and natural histories of the region as you experience them in your travels. Fascinating geological history is easily seen and explained as are the diverse plants and animals which inhabit these largely arid hills. There is plenty of evidence in art and stories of the long history of the Aborigines; the short period of European colonisation shows in many landscapes. The Flinders is a place to pause and admire.
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Hedley Marston and the atomic bomb tests in Australia
Roger Cross
Fallout is the strange but true story of a celebrated Australian scientist’s involvement in the 1956 British atomic bomb tests. Hedley Marston, an idol with his own feet of clay, was determined not only to reveal official lies and chicanery, but to expose as charlatans the Australian scientists who were appointed to protect the nation from any possible harm. Contrary to official pronouncements, radioactive fallout was blowing across the country and contaminating many towns and communities, including Marston’s beloved Adelaide. The dispute that ensued was perhaps the most acrimonious in the history of Australian science.
Fallout tells us much about the nature of science and our society. It is about science in service of the bomb, and in service of self. Roger Cross tells a story that must make us ask the alarming question: could we be fooled again?
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Farina was founded in the 1870’s on an outback South Australian gibber plan as the rail head for the towns that were to grow wheat well beyond Goyder’s Line.
Soft-cover
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This comprehensive field guide draws together the knowledge of the more common plants within the outback region of South Australia (the area north of a line from the Murray River to Morgan, across to Pt Augusta and westwards to the W.A. border). 356 of the most common outback plants are described and illustrated (incl. 24 introduced weeds). 212 of these plants are featured with full page descriptions, the others have shorter treatments. Distribution maps are provided. All species are arranged by their life form (trees, shrubs, forbs, grasses, climbers, etc.) for easier identification.
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During her stay at the remote Mirna Springs cattle station, journalist Sarah Wills accidentally stumbles on a well-protected secret that places her life in serious danger, triggering a traumatic kidnapping, a dramatic escape and an epic journey of survival in the outback.
Sarah walks an ancient path through one of the most rugged and remote areas in the Flinders Ranges, in her quest to find Aboriginal Elder May’s desert country. The stakes are high – those who wish to harm her have everything to lose, and will stop at nothing to track her down. But just when Sarah thinks it is all behind her, the nightmare comes back to haunt her. Will she ever feel safe again?
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Howitt´s story makes enthralling reading. He recounts the discovery of the two dead explorers, and the recovery of the sole survivor, John King. In the final part of the story, Howitt reflects on the return expedition to collect the two bodies. Finding Burke and Wills republishes a talk Howitt gave in Adelaide more than 40 years later in 1907, with the explorer looking back on the two expeditions.
He also discusses the 1858 expedition into South Australia´s Far North led by Benjamin Herschel Babbage, who was recalled under controversial circumstances for making slow progress. Howitt makes a convincing case for his belief that the Government had made a scapegoat out of Babbage.
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Alfred Howitt’s personal reminiscences of Central Austrlia include his tributes to earlier explorers – Eward John Eyre, Charles Sturt and Benjamin Herschel Babbage.
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Recipe Book
Recipe’s from all the local ladies of the Flinders Ranges area.
Filled with old fashion recipes from sweets to savouries to Jams and Sauces.
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FLINGERS RANGES
Discover the splendour of one of the world’s most unique land formations from the glacial rocks of Barranna Gorge in the Gammon Ranges and the mysterious granite waves of Aroona Valley to the majestic peaks and sheer scarps of Wilpena Pound and Arkaroola. Descend into Sacred Canyon, where abstract Aboriginal rock paintings defy interpretation soar above the intriguing sawtooth ridges of Brachina Gorge and visit the Heysen Range, inspiration for Sir Hans Heysen’s works. Marvel at the multi coloured boulders of Parachilna Gorge the majesty of Mt Painter the rugged beauty of Yudnamutana Gorge stretching away to the North.
WILDFLOWERS
The Flora of Australia’s Nature Garden is the culmination of eighteen years of filming by the Award Winning Panorama Australia Production Team.
The stunning Flowers, Pants, Ferns, Shrubs and Trees of the Australian countryside are captured magnificently by our cameras and we feature the world renowned, irresistible flowers of Western Australia.
We reveal the history of the Wildflower with a montage of striking and diverse flora combined with a fascinating script and beautiful music.
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Flinders Ranges Map South Australia is 1:350,000.
This is an excellent map for planning your holiday and using on your Flinders Ranges holiday. We find many people use their GPS on their phone, and then find there is no mobile coverage in many places.
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Flynn’s “Mantle of Safety” continued to cover the bush during the turbulent years of the Second World War, despite a severe manpower shortage. Women filled some of the gaps left by men going to war.
When peace returned, a new era had begun in which the input of women in positions previously dominated by men became commonplace. We find women Flying Dentists, Flying Doctor Pilots, teachers on School of the Air (which utilised Flynn’s wireless network), Flight Nurses and other new and significant roles as the Mantle of Safety spread its responsibilities. Always compassionate, they served with distinction in difficult and sometimes dangerous situations, but what shines through most of all is their irrepressible humour and pluck. The book is lightened by their amusing anecdotes. It is also enlivened by the romances that flourished between the city women and the rugged, lonely men of the bush.
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