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Author Egan, Ted, 1932-

Title The drover's boy / Ted Egan & Robert Ingpen
Edition reprinted 1998
Published Port Melbourne : Lothian, 1997

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS CRC  PICTURE BOOK Ega/Dbo  AVAILABLE
 MELB CRC  PICTURE BOOK Ega/Dbo  AVAILABLE
Description 24 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary In northern Australia from late last century until as recently as the 1950s, hundreds of Aboriginal women came to be known as 'drovers boys'. It was against the law for them to be employed as cattle drovers
Analysis Picture books
Notes Includes music to The drover's boy
Library's copy is 1998 reprint
Notable Australian children's book: Children's Book Council of Australia
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature.
Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Songs and music.
Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Songs and music.
Drovers -- Australia -- History -- Songs and music.
Folk music -- Australia.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Songs and music.
Women pioneers -- Australia -- Songs and music.
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Songs and music.
Drovers -- Australia -- History -- Songs and music.
Folk music -- Australia.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Songs and music.
Women pioneers -- Australia -- Songs and music.
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Songs and music.
Genre/Form Picture books.
Songs.
Music.
Author Ingpen, Robert, 1936-
LC no. abn97002311
ISBN 0850918405