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The Drover

Outback Australia, #1

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 1 - Outback Australia
Droving in outback Queensland was a roaring trade in the late 1940's and 50's. Australia lived off the sheep's back with wool being one pound sterling for one pound of wool. Everyone had money.Sheep and cattle needed to be taken from place to place. It was common to see at least six droving camps taking sheep or cattle across the outback of south-west Queensland from property to property.This book ... Read more

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Droving in outback Queensland was a roaring trade in the late 1940's and 50's. Australia lived off the sheep's back with wool being one pound sterling for one pound of wool. Everyone had money.Sheep and cattle needed to be taken from place to place. It was common to see at least six droving camps taking sheep or cattle across the outback of south-west Queensland from property to property.This book
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The Bush Detective

Outback Australia, #7

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 7 - Outback Australia
'The Bush Detective' is the sixth book in 'Outback Australia' series. This is set in 1907. Catherine Smith, wife of Herbert Smith, a hawker residing at Tego Springs, near Cunnamulla has been murdered. The Smiths were on friendly terms with a man named James Brokenborough, who stayed with them when he was out of work. Smith noticed a coolness develop between his wife and Brokenborough. On June 24, ... Read more

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'The Bush Detective' is the sixth book in 'Outback Australia' series. This is set in 1907. Catherine Smith, wife of Herbert Smith, a hawker residing at Tego Springs, near Cunnamulla has been murdered. The Smiths were on friendly terms with a man named James Brokenborough, who stayed with them when he was out of work. Smith noticed a coolness develop between his wife and Brokenborough. On June 24,
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The Shearer

Outback Australia, #2

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 2 - Outback Australia
In 1891 Australian history changed forever because of 'The Great Shearers Strike of 1891' when shearers from across the country went on strike for better working conditions and wages. Joe Ryan was one of those shearers. This is his story. ... Read more

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In 1891 Australian history changed forever because of 'The Great Shearers Strike of 1891' when shearers from across the country went on strike for better working conditions and wages. Joe Ryan was one of those shearers. This is his story.
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Click Go the Shears

Outback Australia, #3

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 3 - Outback Australia
"Click Go the Shears" is a traditional Australian folk song. The song details a day's work for a sheep shearer in the days before machine shears. The enduring popularity of this song reflects the traditional role that the wool industry has played in Australian life. The song describes the various roles in the shearing shed, including the "ringer", the "boss of the board", the "colonial experience ... Read more

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"Click Go the Shears" is a traditional Australian folk song. The song details a day's work for a sheep shearer in the days before machine shears. The enduring popularity of this song reflects the traditional role that the wool industry has played in Australian life. The song describes the various roles in the shearing shed, including the "ringer", the "boss of the board", the "colonial experience
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Tilbaroo Station

Outback Australia, #4

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 4 - Outback Australia
Story Thus Far:'The Shearer':'The Shearer' is the first book in this series. Set in 1891 at the scene of 'The Great Shearers Strike'. Major character Joe Ryan. Joe fought for better working conditions and wages for his fellow shearers. Along the way he fell in love with Hannah Young, a grazier's daughter.During 1890 Christmas Dinner with Hannah's parents, her landlady Ma, and Hannah's grandmother ... Read more

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Story Thus Far:'The Shearer':'The Shearer' is the first book in this series. Set in 1891 at the scene of 'The Great Shearers Strike'. Major character Joe Ryan. Joe fought for better working conditions and wages for his fellow shearers. Along the way he fell in love with Hannah Young, a grazier's daughter.During 1890 Christmas Dinner with Hannah's parents, her landlady Ma, and Hannah's grandmother
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The Suffragette

Outback Australia, #6

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 6 - Outback Australia
'The Suffragette' is the fifth book in 'Outback Australia' series. This is set between 1903-1905. Women weren't permitted to vote. Margaret Wallace, Principal at Cunnamulla State School decided to make a difference. With help from The Honourable Joseph Ryan, Esquire, MLA they worked together to ensure women in Queensland empowered the government of the day to pass legislation for women to vote. ... Read more

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'The Suffragette' is the fifth book in 'Outback Australia' series. This is set between 1903-1905. Women weren't permitted to vote. Margaret Wallace, Principal at Cunnamulla State School decided to make a difference. With help from The Honourable Joseph Ryan, Esquire, MLA they worked together to ensure women in Queensland empowered the government of the day to pass legislation for women to vote.
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Build an Empire

Outback Australia, #9

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 9 - Outback Australia
AUTHORS NOTE:1909: An Australian legend in Cattle King Sidney Kidman continued his dream to expand his cattle empire. When I researched this story Sir Sidney Kidman's life came alive. An Australian legend in his own right. In 1909 Henry Ford exported his motor vehicles to Australia. Cunnamulla established their first Racecourse. I also introduce my good friend Greg Deveney whom I worked with as a ... Read more

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AUTHORS NOTE:1909: An Australian legend in Cattle King Sidney Kidman continued his dream to expand his cattle empire. When I researched this story Sir Sidney Kidman's life came alive. An Australian legend in his own right. In 1909 Henry Ford exported his motor vehicles to Australia. Cunnamulla established their first Racecourse. I also introduce my good friend Greg Deveney whom I worked with as a
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Build a Nation

Outback Australia, #8

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 8 - Outback Australia
1908: Australia commenced to build a nation. Wool became a major commodity in south western Queensland. Australia built on the sheep's back. Nat Young purchased sheep properties in south-western Queensland west of Cunnamulla a decade before in hope Founding Fathers: Treasure House of a Nation's Heart located to his area. His dreams shattered with the announcement Treasure House of a Nation's Heart ... Read more

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1908: Australia commenced to build a nation. Wool became a major commodity in south western Queensland. Australia built on the sheep's back. Nat Young purchased sheep properties in south-western Queensland west of Cunnamulla a decade before in hope Founding Fathers: Treasure House of a Nation's Heart located to his area. His dreams shattered with the announcement Treasure House of a Nation's Heart
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The Year That Never Was

Outback Australia, #5

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 5 - Outback Australia
AUTHORS NOTE:Fourth in this 'Outback Australia' series from 1899 to 1902 in Australian history. Australians fought in the Boer War in South Africa. Federation of our nation. Two great events in our history during this period. Although this book is fictional many of the events are true in our history. Each character is created from my imagination.One important addition to this book is a song ... Read more

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AUTHORS NOTE:Fourth in this 'Outback Australia' series from 1899 to 1902 in Australian history. Australians fought in the Boer War in South Africa. Federation of our nation. Two great events in our history during this period. Although this book is fictional many of the events are true in our history. Each character is created from my imagination.One important addition to this book is a song
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Thirty Years in Australia

The Classic Adventure Story

by Ada Cambridge ...

Series series Classic Books
Thirty Years in Australia is The Classic Adventure Story by Ada Cambridge.I knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go and live there, and, moreover, to go within three months of the day on which the wild idea occurred to me. During the seven weeks or thereabouts of a bewildering engagement, the while I got together my ... Read more

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Thirty Years in Australia is The Classic Adventure Story by Ada Cambridge.I knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go and live there, and, moreover, to go within three months of the day on which the wild idea occurred to me. During the seven weeks or thereabouts of a bewildering engagement, the while I got together my
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The Nullarbor Kid

Stories from my trucking life

by Ray Gilleland ...

He was a pioneer trucker in postwar Australia - a time when outback roads were little more than corrugated dirt goat tracks. This is a story of vast distances, ill-equipped machines, heat and dust, humour and mateship.'If you had worked with them, if you had driven with them, if you had had a drink with them, if you helped them when broken down, you would have been proud to be one of them and ... Read more

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He was a pioneer trucker in postwar Australia - a time when outback roads were little more than corrugated dirt goat tracks. This is a story of vast distances, ill-equipped machines, heat and dust, humour and mateship.'If you had worked with them, if you had driven with them, if you had had a drink with them, if you helped them when broken down, you would have been proud to be one of them and
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Down to the Sea

by John Little ...

For over a century the Warren family has earned a hard and dangerous living, fishing out of Eden on the south coast of New South Wales. From the family's first fisherman, Old Ike, plying the coast in an open sailing boat in the late nineteenth century, to the Warrens today, using satellites and computers; from handlining to the brutal efficiency of purse seining, we witness a century of profound ... Read more

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For over a century the Warren family has earned a hard and dangerous living, fishing out of Eden on the south coast of New South Wales. From the family's first fisherman, Old Ike, plying the coast in an open sailing boat in the late nineteenth century, to the Warrens today, using satellites and computers; from handlining to the brutal efficiency of purse seining, we witness a century of profound
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