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Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories.
Title:
Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories.
Author:
Wharton, Herb.
ISBN:
9780702238321
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Series:
UQP Black Australian Writers
Contents:
Cover -- About the Author -- Also by Herb Wharton -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Maps: Queensland and the southwest corner Australia -- Roy Mahar: A black ball of fluff by the Gil-gi hole -- Archie Dick: Enemy planes, strange lights and the things you find in sugar bags -- Ruby de Satge: "I been to Sydney too" -- Alf Barton: Restless spirits and a cultural cause -- Peter Hood: Polo, the gold cup and the night the Kuhn-kee called -- Alice and Peggy Gorringe: The riches of King Someone's mines -- Wally Mailman: The min-min light and a miracle -- Jack Guttie: Strange things happen on bush racetracks.
Abstract:
A collection of stories told to the author by Aboriginal stockmen and women. Captures the life of the droving days when these people traveled huge distances on drives from North Queensland to Victoria and South Australia. Has a foreword by the author, maps and several photographs. Author's novel 'Unbranded' was highly commended in the David Unaipon Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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