Beyond the Black Stump

Author: Alan Mayne
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781862548008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Historians have had little to say about the lands that stretch 'beyond the black stump'. These essays from around the country build inland Australia into our national history, crisscrossing both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Contributors are Lorina Barker, Amanda Barry, Badger Bates, Peter Bishop, Nici Cumpston, Jean Duruz, Charles Fahey, Lionel Frost, Heather Goodall, Jenny Gregory, Patricia Grimshaw, Rodney Harrison, Rick Hosking, Darrell Lewis, Alan Mayne, Chrissiejoy Marshall, Margaret Somerville and Richard Waterhouse.

Beyond the Black Stump

Author: M.Barrett Miller
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329233905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Jack, Mick, Mahaney and Walking Bear are all enjoying a respite from the pressures of their careers when they are alerted to a possible strike on the Royal Family. Mahaney's recent trip to Northern Ireland, to investigate a string of brutal bank robberies, has left him suspicious of the SAS and the motivations for the robberies. A possible action against the Royals by the military has everyone running scared... The same characters from #2 Molesworth Street, Under the Spider Tree, Slaughterhouse Creek & A Day Without Stars are back for another rousing adventure of ""Life in the Shadows.""

The Rainbow and the Rose

Author: Nevil Shute
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307474151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
When seasoned pilot Johnny Pascoe tries to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback, his plane crashes and leaves him stranded and dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, attempts to fly a doctor in to help, but rough weather makes his mission more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe’s house for a chance to try again the next day, Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man—and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.

Blossom Possum

Author: Gina M. Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781865047959
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
'Colour my beak blue, that's a risky business if you're not a cockatoo,' squawked Rocky Cocky. 'You'll need a bodyguard.' They trotted and strutted off down the track, round the back of beyong, up the hill and past the black stump, until they bumped into Joanna Goanna. Early one morning, Blossom Possum gets such a fright she thinks the sky is falling down! She has to tell someone, so she sets off with her news. On the way she meets her bush mates. But she also runs into trouble. This retelling of a favourite folktale has a delightful Aussie twist and a refreshingly positive ending. The author has used typically Australian animals to create a cast of quirky characters. Rocky Cocky is a cheeky cockatoo, Echo Gecko is an old hippie lizard, and Toey Joey is a lively young kangaroo.

Great Australian Outback Teaching Stories

Author: Bill Marsh
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1460702115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher. Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus there were the duties of gardener, cleaner, nurse, registrar, office administrator, free milk dispenser, librarian and, on occasions, school bus driver. Oh, and in one school I was even responsible for 'mother craft'. And being male and just nineteen, as I was at the time, you might imagine my surprise when a young girl asked me, 'Sir, what's the best milk for babies?' Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our extraordinary outback teachers and their students whose recollections so perfectly capture those special days of growing up in the bush.

Beyond the Black Stump of Eternity

Author: David Shaun Larsen
Publisher:
ISBN: 0648199770
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description

Round the Bend

Author: Nevil Shute
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN: 1667602799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description
Round the Bend follows the life of Tom Cutter, an Englishman who becomes a pilot and settles in the Middle East after World War II. Tom starts an air freight business and becomes fascinated by the spiritual beliefs of the local Muslim population, which leads him to start his own religion called "The Way." Through his travels and teachings, Tom attracts a group of devoted followers and becomes a spiritual leader. However, his unconventional beliefs and practices lead to conflict with some of the more traditional religious and political authorities in the region. Despite the challenges he faces, Tom remains committed to his beliefs and the pursuit of a more peaceful and harmonious world. The novel explores themes of religion, spirituality, cultural differences, and the clash between tradition and modernity.

Beyond 2000

Author: Margaret Wertheim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780949708281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Beyond the Black Stump

Author: Nevil Shute Norway
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Beyond the Black Stump" by Nevil Shute Norway. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Beyond the Black Stump

Author: Nevil Shute
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307474038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
The expression “beyond the black stump” refers to the deepest, darkest wilds of the Australian outback, the setting for Nevil Shute’s novel of a romance tested by cultural difference. Stanton Laird is an American geologist sent to hunt oil in a remote part of Western Australia. There he befriends the highly unconventional Regan family, the rough-and-tumble owners of a million-acre sheep station, and falls in love with their daughter Mollie. However, when Mollie goes to join him in America, the young couple must face the realization that they are products of radically different worlds.