An Alice Girl 9781760529772, 9781760874261, 176052977X, 1760874264
An extraordinary story of growing up in the late 1960s and early 70s on an outback cattle property Whether working the
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English Pages 369 p Year 2020
Table of contents :
Cover --
About the author --
Title Page --
Dedication --
Contents --
Prologue: The Cattle Duffers --
1 Where It All Began --
2 Cattleman-Har Hup, There! --
3 Our Very Own Palace --
4 'I Belong That Country' --
5 Dick and Dora, Nip and Fluff --
6 Four Good Men --
7 'Delta Queeee-Bec Golf' --
8 Thank You, Adelaide Miethke --
9 No Mic Fright for Me --
10 The Importance of Being Strong --
11 Loss --
12 An Outback Lifeline --
13 Buckjumping on the Bond --
14 Learning to Ride --
15 Bush Art and Animals --
16 Bush Music --
17 DQG in Full Flight --
18 Characters --
19 Mrs Hodder and Tall Tales 20 Jane Joseland-My New Friend --
21 Charlie Gorey and Bush Work --
22 Mind Over Matter --
23 The Best Weekend of the Year! --
24 Wild, Wonderful Bush Get-Togethers --
25 'We've Got Visitors, Mum!' --
26 All the Games That We Could Play --
27 Eeyore John Wayne --
28 Everard Park --
29 More Show Adventures --
30 Writing and Music --
31 It'll Take the Time It Takes --
32 Bush Life-Lost and Found --
33 The Nightmare of Shearing --
34 My Last Year --
35 Remember the Bullocks --
Picture section --
Author's Note --
Acknowledgements
