Description |
xi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
Contents |
The wild white man, 1803-1835: William Buckley (1780-1856) -- The overlanders, 1838: Joseph Hawdon (1813-1871) and Charles Bonney (1813-1897) -- The bushie's telegraph, 1870-1871: John Ross (1817-1903) -- The big steal, 1870: Harry Redford (1842-1901) -- The man from Snowy River, 1890: Jack Riley (1841-1914) -- The not so jolly swagman, 1894: Samuel Hoffmeister (18??-1894) -- Bush genius, 1895: Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) -- Mission impossible, 1906-1910: Alfred Canning (1860-1936) -- The dying pillow, 1910-1945; Daisy Bates (1863-1951) -- The blue gum forest, 1931: Myles Dunphy (1891-1985) -- A voice in the wilderness, 1937: Bernard O'Reilly (1903-1975) -- The gunbarrel, 1958: Len Beadell (1923-1995) -- Epilogue: and the winner is ..., 2000: Steve Jeffreys (1956- ) |
Summary |
"The vision that appeared in the shooter's lamplight was a shock-a man soaking wet, with torn clothing, covered in cuts, bruises and blood. 'I' ve found that missing aeroplane,' O' Reilly gasped, 'and there are two men still alive." -- BACK COVER |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [315]- 317 |
Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Biography.
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Country life -- Australia -- Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- History.
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SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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LC no. |
2005362233 |
ISBN |
0670041629 : |
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