xii, 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Introduction -- Flying high : Heather Innes -- Last of the buffalo-hide hunters : Peter and Lena Pan Quee -- The camel lady : Di and Cedric Zischke -- Back-country milkman : Bill Baird -- For love of the land : Pam Robinson -- The man who loved crocodiles : Malcolm Douglas -- The colour of life : Ada Clark -- Perfect pearl : Seaman Dan -- Supermum : Mabel Kilby -- The promise : Ian and Lyn Conway -- Healing with nature : Janice Sarre Smith -- Escape to freedom with the help of a daisy : Milos Stefanek
Summary
Real stories can touch our humanity and move us to understand ourselves, as well as the person we are reading about. The adventurers here provide a mosaic of Australia over the past century, a priceless legacy
Notes
Title story refers to Malcolm Douglas, a resident of W.A
