Bush tracks and desert horizons : the story of Tom and Dorothy Rawlins in the Red Centre 1938-1960 / Rose Rawlins Coppock
- Bib ID:
- 1309186
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Coppock, Rose Rawlins
- Description:
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- Rockhampton, Qld : Central Queensland University Press, 1999
- x, 214 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875998713
- Summary:
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Personal accounts of family and cattle station life in central and north-western Australia, researched and told mostly by the author, with recollections from various other (non-Aboriginal) people ; stations described include : Tempe Downs (1872-1938), Bowsons Hole, Mount Peake Station (1927-1941), Renners Rock, Mount Quin, Horseshoe Bend (1905-1942), Willowra Station (1942), Lander, TiTree Well (1919-1945), Iamba, Wilbeah (1945-1946), Woolla Downs (1949), Angas Downs, Anningie Station (1950-1952), Bohemia Downs (1954-1956), Numagalong (1957) ; frequent mention made of Aboriginal workers ; camel transportation featured.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 213-214.
- Subject:
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- Rawlins, Tom
- Rawlins, Dorothy
- Rawlins family
- Ranches -- Australia, Central
- Farm life -- Australia, Central
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Ti Tree (South Central NT SF53-09)
- Bohemia Downs (WA East Kimberley SE52-09)
- Woolla Downs (South Central NT SF53-10)
- Tempe Downs (South Central NT SG53-01)
- Yanginj / Anningie (Central NT Tanami Desert SF53-05)
- Mount Peake map area (Central NT Tanami Desert SF53-05)
- Wirliatjarra / Willowra (Central NT Tanami Desert SF53-05)
- Horseshoe Bend (South Central NT SG53-06)
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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