xiii,258 pages, [31 pages] of plates : illustrations,maps,portraits ; 22cm
regular print
Contents
Foreword -- 1. On with our swags -- 2. The Great Divide -- 3. Open spaces -- 4. Old Man Kangaroo -- 5. One man's dream -- 6. The silver "El Dorado" -- 7. Magic of the air-waves -- 8. The World's biggest school -- 9. Into the desert -- 10. Keepers of the well -- 11. The man from Heaven -- 12. Clinic in the clouds -- 13. Napoleon of the lake -- 14. The impossible takes time -- 15. Port of camels -- 16. History in the making -- 17. Afghan Express -- 18. On to Alice Springs -- 19. The lonely pub -- 20. Jewels in the dust -- 21. The tribal dance -- 22. Singing the cattle to sleep -- 23. The picnic races -- 24. The crocodile hunt -- 25. The mighty men of Marrakai -- 26. The buffalo camp -- 27. Walkabout -- 28. Coming of the wet -- 29. Flight before the storms
Summary
Originally produced for British television, shows Australian outback life in the middle of the twentienth century
Notes
Maps on lining papers
Event
1959
Notes
Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
