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Author : Cynthia Voigt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780689311239
When hard times among the People revive the old stories of the hero Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her own quest to unlock the secret reality behind the legend.
Author : Owen Genty
Publisher : Owen Genty
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Cloncurry Region (Qld.)
ISBN : 0473114291
Jackaroo; n. a male station hand. That is according to the "Australian Slang Dictionary' whereas the Macquarie Dictionary gives a more realistic version. " A jack of all trades". Certainly a jackaroo is far more than 'a male station hand', which will be evident as the reader moves through this recount of the writer's five years of 'Station Management Apprenticeship"', possibly a more precise definition of the word. ('Station" being a large sheep and/or cattle property/ranch). The origin of the word 'jackaroo' has been debated as long as the word has been in existence, but the most popular belief is that early English migrants, who worked on stations in the Australian Outback, were given the name of "Jack Raw", being raw to the ways of the Australian bush. One such English migrant, whose name was Jack Carew may have had an influence on the foundation of the word. There is also the more recent female counterpart, known as a jillaroo. It is however, generally agreed that the word has no connection with the famed Australian icon, the kangaroo.
Author : Roger Coote
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781326743291
The ten pound pom' was the description of those people who emigrated to Australia from Britain between 1945 to 1972. Government Assisted Passage Scheme devised by British and Australian government.Australian government subsidised the fare to only £10 paid by the immigrant. '£10 Pom' was born.This is the personal memoir of one of these '£10 pound Poms '. His history, the reason for the journey and life in the outback is set down in this book in an informative and interesting way.Included in these memoirs are snippets of living conditions and attitudes. Songs and tales of life. Personal struggles. Interesting information of the layout and job allocation. Risks of the job are many including the fauna and flora dangers that must not be overlooked. Tales of the outback and also tales of the locals and the passions and temperaments of the many interesting characters found in this wild but beautiful country. Enjoy this wonderful tale and dream of the life under the southern skies!
Author : Michael Thornton
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781742533551
From choirboy to cowboy . . . In 1967, fresh from boarding school humiliations, and having lost his father to alcoholism, gangly teen Michael Thornton was packed off to a tough sheep and cattle station to work as a jackaroo. He was to learn the wool trade from the lamb up, under a boss legendary for working his farmhands in an almost military regimen. Tasked with the dirty, disgusting and downright dangerous jobs, jackaroos are the dogsbodies of our farms. But at Habbies Howe, in central Victoria, somewhere between castrating lambs with his teeth and hauling backbreaking sacks of fertiliser for no obvious purpose, Michael discovered inner strength, and the friendship and male role models he'd craved. He also earned respect – enough to later walk into a job with the nation's most famous farmer, the Defence Minister and future PM Malcolm Fraser. In Jackaroo, Thornton recalls his years learning the ropes in an era when farm work was still done on horseback. Engaging, candid and often funny, his memoir reveals the hard working lives of the unsung all-rounders of the country. 'Engaging and energetic' The Australian
Author : Frank Hives,Gascoigne Lumley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN : UCAL:B3821090
Chap. 5; Herbert R. area, cannibalism, food gathering & hunting, shelters, fires, weapons (sport & fighting), secret rites, superstitious beliefs, E.S.P. outlined, cave paintings Murray & Herbert R. district; Chap. 6; Attack, Herbert R.; Chap. 9; Police retaliation, cannibalism & Chinese killings, clashes; Chap. 10; Clashes Upper Herbert R., Mullah tribesman; Chap. 11-12; Tracking ability, massacre at Greendale, retaliation by Webster brothers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015019902082
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1957-07
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010102759
Author : Edward Ellis Morris
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Australian languages
ISBN : UOM:39015026957467
Author : Cynthia Voigt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781439116128
Elske is a girl with no future—until her grandmother's sacrifice saves her from certain death. Beriel is an imperious princess—determined to claim the kingdom that is her birthright. Fate brings them together, both exiles, one servant to the other. To Beriel, the mistress, Elske offers steadfast loyalty and courage—hard to come by in her dangerous quest to regain the throne she has been denied by treachery. To Elske, the handmaiden, Beriel’s proud example provides a perhaps even more precious gift: the strength to find her true self.
Author : Alan Veale
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783061112
The small, frightened figure of Jessie McLachlan turned right at the top of the street and hurried on eastward, still clutching her precious bundle, starting a chain of events that were to rattle through history long after she was dead… It can be murder digging up your family tree, especially when your ancestor is trying to kill you... Chrissie Fersen desperately wants to know how she is connected to the death of a servant woman in Glasgow in 1862. Enlisting the aid of local librarian Billie Vane, she is determined to clear the name of the woman originally convicted of the crime. But her chief suspect appears to be alive and well – and it looks like he still has murder on his mind... The Murder Tree introduces an unlikely pair of heroes: the American daughter of a wealthy businessman and a Manchester-born librarian working in Glasgow. Each have their share of domestic strife to deal with, while sharing a thirst to find out the truth about a 150 year-old murder. But deaths are still taking place today as far afield as New York, and trying to dig through the roots of this unique family tree becomes more hazardous than either Chrissie or Billie could have foreseen... The Murder Tree is based on the true story of Jessie McLachlan, convicted of murder in 1862, but who famously accused an old man of the crime after being found guilty at her trial. Elements from the writing of Clive Cussler, Dan Brown and Ian Rankin are evident in the book, which will appeal to fans of crime and thriller fiction.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSC:32106020386550
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
ISBN : UCSC:32106012690670
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026972762
Author : Cynthia Voigt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781439115893
There are some who say that the Lady Fortune has a wheel, and all men are fixed upon it. The wheel turns, and the men rise, or fall, with the turning of the wheel. Birle has agreed to be wed to the huntsman Muir as an escape from the drudgery of life at her father’s inn—but the moment she looks into the bellflower blue eyes of the man she comes upon stealing one of her father’s boats, Birle knows she cannot marry Muir. Even after she discovers the mysterious stranger is Orien, a Lord and as unreachable to an innkeeper’s daughter as a star, Birle is determined to travel with him as far as he will allow. Their travels take Birle to a world far from home, a world where Lords may become slaves, where Princes rule by fear, and where Fortune’s Wheel turns more swiftly and dangerously than Birle could have imagined. Newberry Medalist Cynthia Voigt’s second novel of the Kingdom, set two generations later than Jackaroo, is a memorable combination of thrilling adventure and heart-stopping romance.
Author : Margaret Stansfield,Gary Barker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 064683648X
The book is the biography of Leslie Stansfield (1921 - 1961) - son, student, Immigrant, little brother, jackaroo, soldier, husband, overseer, father and soldier settler - recording his journey, thorough his short life, from England in the mid 1930s and then in Australia. The book is based on the extensive collection of his letters, diaries, military records and photographs, as well as research material held in National Archives, Australian War Memorial, State Archives. It is complimented by oral history interviews of his friends and others who knew him. Additional information on people mentioned in the text, through the use of End Notes, is provided to assist future researchers. The book is fully indexed and also includes historic maps. Les was a well educated man and had a love of nature and the natural world. Despite serving during World War 2, and carrying scars for the rest of his life, he still was able to write about his surroundings in a special way. The information that Les left is a rare record of the life of those who took orders while working on the land or serving in the Army. His war writings are vivid and confronting and help us understand what soldiers were up against. Les never gave up and finally achieved his dream of being a farmer in 1957 on King Island, Tasmania.