The Road to Goonong

David Cox

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Allen & Unwin
30 November 2021

Children's & Educational; Picture books; Historical fiction (Children's&YA)

Series: David Cox Memoirs

The road to Goonong was just a pair of wheel tracks packed down by buggies and drays that had travelled that way over the years. It ran through forest and passed by farmhouses and the hut where the Schmidt boys lived. Goonong, our farm, was at the end of the road. We had beef cattle and dairy cattle, and there was plenty of room to play and plenty of horses to ride. It was a time when timber-cutters felled big ironbarks and blacksmiths' hammers rang out from the forge. The skies were always blue over Goonong.

With laid-back charm, bush humour and a spirit of optimism, David Cox captures the joy and freedom, as well as the harsh reality, of farming life during the Great Depression.

By: David Cox
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 280mm,
Weight: 188g
ISBN: 9781761065828
ISBN 10: 1761065823
Series: David Cox Memoirs
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 30 November 2021
Recommended Age: From 6 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Cox was born and reared in country Queensland. He worked as a jackaroo on outback sheep and cattle stations before enrolling, at 21, at St Martins School of Art in London. Back in Australia he became a newspaper artist, winning a Walkley Award, while also illustrating and writing many award-winning children's books, including four CBCA-shortlisted titles. In fact, he become one of Australia's most prolific book illustrators, with over 30 books published. In 2007, David won the Dame Annabelle Rankin Award for distinguished services to Children's Literature in Queensland. He released two companion titles to The Road to Goonong: The Fair Dinkum War, recalling his childhood during WWII; and Good Enough for a Sheep Station, exploring his life as a stockman. In 2020, David's book with writer Ella Holcombe about the Victorian Black Saturday fires, The House on the Mountain, was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature's Children's Literature Award. David works from his home studio in Brisbane, and one of his hobbies is singing. He is coached by his wife, pianist/composer, Betty Beath. Betty and David have written music theatre pieces about St Francis of Assisi, and David regularly acts as cantor at St Phillips Church, which is attached to a Franciscan friary.