About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Victoria River Country: Land and People; Chapter 2: First Contact; Chapter 3: The Advance Scouts of Settlement; Chapter 4: The Coming of the Cattle; Chapter 5: Unquiet Times; Chapter 6: Jasper Gorge; Chapter 7: Captain Joe's Bradshaw; Chapter 8: The Wild Wardaman Warriors; Chapter 9: The Victoria River Sheep Saga; Chapter 10: Hard-Riding Individualists; Chapter 11: The Nest of Reputed Thieves; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History."--Inside front cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index
