Roping in the History of Broncoing

Roping in the History of Broncoing PDF Author: Darrell Lewis
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1921920246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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This book sets out the evidence to answer to this question and outlines its development and spread from one side of the continent to the other. It’s an amazing and quintessentially Australian story, one of the many stories from Australia’s ‘hidden history’. It will be of great interest to all the men and women who have used the technique, to those who are now attending bronco branding competitions, to any who have wondered at an old bronco panel or a faded photograph of broncoing in action, and to all who are fascinated by Australian history.

Monumental Queensland

Monumental Queensland PDF Author: Lisanne Gibson
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702234651
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Monumental Queensland encourages us - whoever and wherever we are - to look more closely at the things around us and how they articulate our identity. It also asks us to consider why these objects continue to matter, and shows what can happen if they're not acknowledged.

Roping in the History of Broncoing

Roping in the History of Broncoing PDF Author: Darrell Lewis
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1921920246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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Book Description
This book sets out the evidence to answer to this question and outlines its development and spread from one side of the continent to the other. It’s an amazing and quintessentially Australian story, one of the many stories from Australia’s ‘hidden history’. It will be of great interest to all the men and women who have used the technique, to those who are now attending bronco branding competitions, to any who have wondered at an old bronco panel or a faded photograph of broncoing in action, and to all who are fascinated by Australian history.

The Gun Ringer

The Gun Ringer PDF Author: Geoff Allen
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1922109215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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A Bunch of Strays

A Bunch of Strays PDF Author: Marie Mahood
Publisher: Central Queensland University Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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A novel of the outback. A love story and a border-war in the cattle country of the Kimberleys and Arnhem Land. Bush battlers with a hunger for land and freedom clash with government bureaucrats and poddy-dodgers.

The Novels of Alex Miller

The Novels of Alex Miller PDF Author: Robert Dixon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000248100
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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One of Australia's most respected novelists, Alex Miller's writing is both popular and critically well-received. He is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award. He has said that writing is his way of 'locating connections' and his work is known for its deeply empathic engagement with relationships and cultures. This collection explores his early and later works, including Miller's best-known novels, The Ancestor Game, Journey to the Stone Country, Lovesong and Autumn Laing. Contributors examine his intricately constructed plots, his interest in the nature of home and migration, the representation in his work of Australian history and culture, and key recurring themes including art and Aboriginal issues. Also included is a memoir, illustrated by photographs from his personal collection, in which Alex Miller reflects on his writing life. With contributions from leading critics including Raimond Gaita, Peter Pierce, Ronald A. Sharp, Brenda Walker, Elizabeth Webby and Geordie Williamson, this collection is the first substantial critical analysis of Alex Miller's work. It is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching and studying contemporary Australian literature.

A Ringer's Hands

A Ringer's Hands PDF Author: Andy Hughes
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1921920440
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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This is a true story. A Ringer's Hands is an account of the year I spent working on an outback cattle station in the middle of the Northern Territory. I left Sydney as a City Boy with a ute, a swag, a red dog and a craving for adventure, I came back a real Australian ringer.

The Inside Story on English Spelling

The Inside Story on English Spelling PDF Author: Paquita Boston
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
ISBN: 0975674439
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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Ever wondered why ‘his’ doesn’t have a Z? Or what on Earth is O doing in ‘won’? Ever asked why GH is in through? Or what is the point of silent letters? At last a book which spills the beans on English spelling. English spelling has rules and lots of them. Paquita Boston explains why English spelling is so difficult, much harder than spelling in most other languages. Boston also reveals the various codes that govern English spelling and describes how these codes are keys to hidden treasure, the cultural inheritance of all English speaking people. Boston treats spelling as a game as serious as any sport, with as many rules and as many game changes. After reading this book you’ll actually enjoy spelling and no longer view English as a ‘funny language without many spelling rules’. Instead, you will want to share the inside story on English spelling with young and old.

The Paperboy's War

The Paperboy's War PDF Author: Ted Egan
Publisher: Kerr Publishing
ISBN: 1925283887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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'I reckon throwing that rock through the window of Phelan's butcher shop was one of the best things I ever did. But I didn't think so at the time ...' So begins the Ted Egan story. Old Phelan presented Ted's mother with a bill: TO WINDOW BROKEN BY TEDDY EGAN £5 5s 0d. Ted was going to have to find the money. He got it as a paperboy, shouting 'Herooda paper!' on street corners. Jumping on and off the No. 20 tram rattling out of the city of Melbourne into Coburg. Ducking back to the newsagency to get a Women's Weekly for a woman in the Ladies' lounge of Brown's Hotel. In The Paperboy's War the well-known outback folklorist, singer, songwriter, historian, and television presenter recalls his early days, his priestly vocation, the warmth of family life, the agony of puberty, and Melbourne in the 1940s. A great and terrible war raged, but here we see it from a unique perspective: the paperboy. At home the Yanks were taking over leafy Parkville, the dance floors and the women's hearts. Even - black Yanks! Nights at home would be spent tracing the exploits of brave Timoshenko at Stalingrad, speculating on how 'people who live in paper houses' like the Japanese couldn't cause too much trouble, and gaining an encyclopedic knowledge of divisional shoulder patches, enemy aircraft silhouettes and the classes of warships. Ted Egan rekindles the pride Australians felt for 'the Rats' at Tobruk and those who slugged it out on the Kokoda Trail. But life and dreams go on, war or no war. Every schoolday the excruciatingly beautiful Norma would hop on the tram at The Grove. Br. 'Slick' Edwards at the Christian Brothers would read Man Shy and there arouse a love of words. The return of cousin Frank, the bronzed Anzac from the Middle East, provided a role model. Aunt Mary's tales of the Murchison Goldfields stirred a wish to travel. And there was cousin Bill, who had run away to sea at 15, travelled the world and experienced the war at close quarters. He came back wearing Italian suits and gave the young Ted an idea. He too would be a sailor. Ted would leave Melbourne and go to Brazil, via Darwin. Ted Egan was born in Melbourne and spent the first sixteen years of his life there, the years covered by this book, the first of three telling of his life. He intended to drop in on the Northern Territorians for a month before going off to become a gaucho in South America, but ended up staying in the Territory for more than 40 years. Ted Egan studied under lamplight in the outback, gaining a BA from ANU. He is working on a post-graduate historical account of the clash between Aboriginal and western culture when a group of Japanese fishermen and a white policeman were speared to death in 1932. He learned two Aboriginal languages and has taught Aboriginal Studies at Alice Springs High School. He performs, writes, sings and records his own songs, and collects and records others. He is a television presenter and writer. He is a member of the Prime Minister's Reconciliation Council. Awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 1993 for 'services to the Aboriginal community and contribution to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse', he lives and works in Alice Springs.

Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping

Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 904

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Maybe It'll Rain Tomorrow

Maybe It'll Rain Tomorrow PDF Author: Marion Houldsworth
Publisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 1921274042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Biographies of people living and working in the Australian outback.