We aim to encourage, relate and promote the stories of Australia and its people, past and present.
See below for the full range of books available from this web site.
- Aboriginal History, Australian History, Cattle, Central Australia
The Versatile Man: The Life and Times of Don Ross Kaytetye Stockman
- $24.95
- 'They called me the versatile man,' Don Ross recalls. 'I put up windmilkls, fixed the trucks; I only had to see a thing done once and I could do it. That's how I was.' 'I've done some mongrel jobs,' he admits, and the worst? 'Shifting bloody c attle. Walking them when it's hot and there's a long way to go…
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- Aboriginal History, Art, Biography, Central Australia
The Town Grew Up Dancing: the life and art of Wenten Rubuntja
- $59.95
- A nephew of Albert Namatjira, Wenten was encouraged by him to paint when he was a young man. An Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time, Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role…
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- Children's Novel, Uncategorized
The Journey of the Littlest Atom
- $12.00
- by Mary Groves 53 pages Paperback
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- Australian History, Biography, Cattle, Horse Racing, Pastoralists
The High and the Mighty: The Noel Buntine Story
- $35.00
- Starting out with one truck, named ‘The High and the Mighty’, Noel Buntine pioneered a new era in cattle transport in the Top End. Within 20 years, his enterprise, Buntine Roadways, was operating the largest cattle-carrying buyisiness ibn northern Australia. Noel’s honesty and fairness in dealings earned ghuim the accolades synonymous with the name of his first Mack truck. He…
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- Aboriginal History, Central Australia, Land Rights
Take Power: Like this Old Man Here
- $24.95
- Take Power like this old man here is an anthology celebrating twenty years of land rights in Central Australia, 1977-1997. 'Gough Whitlam pours a handful of soil into the open palm of Vincent Lingiari. After ten years of struggle, the Gurindji people have won title to their traditional lands.' 'The following year the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976 is…
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- Uncategorized, Australian History, Horse Racing
Remembering Comic Court
- $15.00
- The record-breaking 1950 Melbourne Cup winning horse, Comic Court, and legendary trainer, the late Bart Cummings, were remembered during History Month, May 2018, in a photographic display at Normanville. Comic Court spent his first couple of formative years at the Bowyer brothers' Beau Neire Stud at Normanville. He was stabled, along with other horses, in a building which forms part…
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- Children's Novel
Hi! Mister Sam
- $10.00
- by Norma King 37 pages Paperback
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- Australian History, Biography
Gordon of Dingley Dell (2nd Ed)
- $35.00
- Gordon of Dingley Dell tells the remarkable story of a man who, despite numerous cruel blows dealt him throughout his life, retained his pride to the last. Adam Lindsay Gordon had a unique understanding of a horse, just as he was a unique poet. When he was astride a horse, the horse and rider became one.
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- Aboriginal History, Australian History, Biography, Cattle, Central Australia, Horse Racing, Pastoralists, Tourist Attractions
Gidgee and Grit: a history of Loves Creek Station and Ross River Homestead, Central Australia
- $30.00
- Loves Creek Station is one of the earliest pastoral leases in Central Australia, and once covered near 4000 sq km. Gidgee and Grit traces the history of the region from geological beginnings and Aboriginal culture to the early explorers like John McDouall Stuart, and construction of the Overland Telegraph line. Also included is the story of the early pioneers like the…
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- Australian History, Cattle, Central Australia, Horse Racing, Pastoralists
Bulldust and Bough Shades (1st Ed)
- $10.00
- by Lorraine Day (formerly Lorraine Dale) 52 pages Paperback
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- Aboriginal History, Australian History, Biography
Blind Moses: Aranda man of high degree and Christian evangelist
- $34.95
- by Peter Latz 179 pages Paperback
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- Uncategorized
Aboriginal Ex-Servicemen of Central Australia
- $12.05
- Compiled by George Bray, edited by Kenny Laughton, researched by Pat Forster 22 pages Paperback
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