The electronic swagman : a man, a dog, the road and a lot of dead people / Raymond Hawkins
- Bib ID:
- 6263651
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hawkins, Raymond, author
- Description:
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- Braddon, Australian Capital Territory : Halstead Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- 142 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781920831974
- Summary:
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This is a raw memior of a complex life, a search for home, a uelogy to lonely souls buried in outback grave and an ode to a beautiful dog. The present is the journey of a man. The past is Raymond's memior revealed with tales of counter culture, drugs, and his encounters with diversed characters all around Australia. This book also seeks to capture Australia ; its complexity, characters, landscape and paradoxes.
- Subject:
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- Hawkins, Raymond
- Travel -- Biography
- Pets and travel
- Occupations - Hotel, catering and restaurant workers
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers - Drovers / Stockmen
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
- Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people (D12) (NSW SI54-03)
- Religion - Dreaming - Dharumalan
- Religion - Dreaming - Baiame
- Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Economic sectors - Tourism
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Occupations - Rangers and park workers
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Wilcannia (NW NSW SH54-16)
- Yunta (SE SA SI54-02)
- Marree (NE SA SH54-05)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Kati Thanda / Lake Eyre (NE SA SH53-04)
- Menindee (NW NSW SI54-03)
- Oodnadatta (SA Central Australia SG53-15)
- Broken Hill (NW NSW SH54-15)
- Lake Mungo / Walls of China (Willandra SW NSW SI54-08)
- Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Farina (NE SA Flinders Ranges SH54-09)
- Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Surry Hills (Inner Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Leigh Creek (NE SA Flinders Ranges SH54-09)
- Aputula / Finke (South Central NT SG53-06)
- Umoona / Coober Pedy (West SA SH53-06)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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