The posh, English daughter of an Australian pastoralist is sent to Kuryong station to learn the ropes. At the same time, a search is underway across the desolate innards of regional New South Wales for the lost son of a wealthy uncle. These stories collide to give a humorous take on the values of family, marriage and hard work, set in the beautiful backdrop of the Australian Outback. This was Banjo Paterson’s first novel after a string of widely celebrated poems written in the late 1800s. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
It was bad enough that Blythe Jones had to sit next to — and dance with! — rude, challenging, dangerously attractive Cal Whitworth at the wedding. It was definitely too much when his plane crashed on the way back and the two doctors had to spend the night in the wild. And as for his plea that Blythe should work in his Outback practice while his broken arm healed...well! But for some reason Blythe agreed. And the more she saw Cal — his dedication, his caring, his unnervingly sexy smile — the harder it was to remember why she was off men....
Ric Donato wanted Lara Seymour. But Ricwas a bad boy. Six months' punishment on anOutback ranch forced him to grow up. Nowhe's a Sydney tycoon….Ric's ready to claim Lara. But despite his successand wealth, she seems just as unattainable asever. How can he persuade her? By doing whata bad boy would do—kidnap her and make herhis bride!
Mitch Tyler is a hard-hitting hotshot Sydneylawyer—who's put his troubled boyhood inthe Outback behind him.However, all Mitch's old instincts come simmeringto the surface when he realizes that Kathryn Ledgeris in need of his protection. Keeping Kathryn closeby his side is driving Mitch crazy. There's anincredible sexual magnetism between them—butshe's engaged to another man. There's only onething this former Outback bad boy can do…takeover Kathryn's wedding!
Billionaire Johnny Ellis inherits a share ofGundamurra, the beloved Outback station of hisyouth—and all of Megan Maguire's hostility.Megan resents Johnny's magnetic masculinity—Gundamurra should be hers alone. Shockedwhen their mutual tension explodes into anight of passion, Megan is further amazedwhen Johnny lays out his rescue package:Gundamurra will belong fully to Megan—ifshe becomes his wife!
Mickey Dewar made a profound contribution to the history of the Northern Territory, which she performed across many genres. She produced high‑quality, memorable and multi-sensory histories, including the Cyclone Tracy exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and the reinterpretation of Fannie Bay Gaol. Informed by a great love of books, her passion for history was infectious. As well as offering three original chapters that appraise her work, this edited volume republishes her first book, In Search of the Never-Never. In Dewar’s comprehensive and incisive appraisal of the literature of the Northern Territory, she provides brilliant, often amusing insights into the ever-changing representations of a region that has featured so large in the Australian popular imagination
The powerful true story of life with Rod Ansell, known by many as 'the original Crocodile Dundee'. Joanne van Os was just twenty-two when she met Rod Ansell. At twenty-three Rod was already a legend in Australia and around the world, having survived alone for two months without supplies in one of the harshest and most remote parts of northern Australia. To Joanne, Rod was a a genuine hero who could do anything, could make anything out of nothing, told the funniest yarns, had a philosophy on everything. She married him, and they had two beautiful sons who idolised their father. Together they lived the tough life of outback bull catchers and cattle musterers. But as time went on Joanne came to realise that Rod was both a complicated and deeply troubled man. For the sake of her sons she never gave up on Rod, even after their divorce, but just how far he'd gone only became apparent when his life ended in tragedy: out of his mind on drugs, Rod became involved in a shootout in which a young police office was killed. 'How does someone, whose extraordinary story of survival in the wild inspired so many Australians, become a psychotic, drug-crazed gunman?' Joanne asks. Outback Heart captures the Territory life on paper: the dust, the heat, the struggle and the larger-than-life characters. But it's also a deeply moving and powerful story of a love affair and a marriage, and the pain when it all falls apart. It's the story of Rod Ansell, but even more it is Joanne's story, of how a young, naive woman grows up the hard way, and has the most exhilarating and the most heartbreaking times doing it.
Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses is the third collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. Excerpt: "We have sung the song of the droving days, Of the march of the travelling sheep; By silent stages and lonely ways Thin, white battalions creep. But the man who now by the land would thrive Must his spurs to a plough-share beat. Is there ever a man in the world alive To sing the song of the Wheat!"
