Retired drover and bush poet Bruce Simpson travelled along the old Cobb & Co coach roads and stock routes in western Queensland to find the final resting places of some of our earliest settlers. He tells tales of the perils of life on 'the wastes of the Never Never' and the desperate circumstances faced by victims of accident, sickness, raging bushfires and rising floodwaters - all isolated from help by sheer distance. Along with photographer Ian tinney, whose striking photographs document these sites for posterity, Bruce Simpson visited some of the legendary drinking places, many in ruins, of characters such as bushmen and bushrangers - bringing to life memories of Australia in a long-vanished time.
By:
Bruce Simpson Photographs by:
Ian Tinney Imprint: ABC Books Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 154mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 314g ISBN:9780733324598 ISBN 10: 0733324592 Pages: 192 Publication Date:01 November 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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