Download or read book Camelman Dreaming written by Russell Osborne and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camelman Dreaming Australia's Last Great Camel Expedition Camelman Dreaming is the true story of a dream that took fifteen years in total to complete. The Darwin to Melbourne Thank You Camel Expedition 2008-2009 resulted in over $30,000 raised for the Children First Foundation along with national and world wide awareness of the Foundations goals of saving and changing children's lives in need of specialist medical procedures. Russell Osborne, the creator of the Darwin to Melbourne Thank You Camel Expedition 2008-2009, had been a lecturer in English on the Gold Coast of Australia when in an instant, he had developed a self-driven purpose to walk the continent of Australia with a herd of camels for a children's charity after a bout of depression following the death of his mother. Not knowing a single thing about camels, camel expedition work, the deserts of Australia, navigation and how to organize a transcontinental crossing through some of the harshest and most isolated desert regions on the planet, he set his goals with unwavering determination to 'Get the Job Done.' The camel expedition arrived in Melbourne exactly the same time as the successful separation operation of conjoined twins, Trishna and Krishna, from Bangladesh, whom the founder of the Children First Foundation, Moira Kelly AO, had arranged for the twins operation at the Royal Children's Hospital. This book is Russell Osborne's personal account of the thirteen years of preparation and the two years of walking across the continent of Australia to achieve the dream.
Download or read book The A to Z of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia written by Alan Day and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen. Day brings the expeditions to life, expressing the desires that drove great sea captains deeper into turbulent waters searching for caches of spice, silks, and precious metals. Covers a wide variety of topics, including _ Seamen from eight nations _ The recovery of storm wrecked ships _ Diplomatic treaties _ Priority of discovery disputes _ Military and civil explorers and surveyors _ Topographical features _ Geographical terms and places _ Rivers and river system
Download or read book The Beckoning West written by Hubert Stanslake Trotman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendix 4 gives list of native waters and bores and wells sunk by members of Canning Stock Route party in 1908-10; p.58; Art of tracking described; p.75; Sandals made by natives found at Roy Hill; description of corroboree - songmen, dancers bodies decorated with paint and glued on down; p.87; Cooking of kangaroo described; p.88; Treatment of injuries; p.90; Brief description of circumcision method at initiation ceremony; p.127; Painted caves at Killagurra noted; method of catching spinifex rats described.
Download or read book Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia written by Peter Egerton Warburton and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia written by Alan Edwin Day and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All aspects of the discovery of Australia are revealed in this ground-breaking work. It is especially useful for its comprehensive gallery of the exploits and achievements of the key figures in Australian Exploration.
Download or read book Work Completed Canning written by Phil Bianchi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Alfred W. Canning and the development and subsequent use of the 1800 kilometre long Canning Stock Route from Halls Creek to Wiluna is told in this new volume. Original historical documents are combined with oral history in a narrative that covers the origins of the stock route, surveying, construction of the wells, droving, deaths and murders, exploration and prospecting, well restoration, identities and adventurers, place name origins and tourism. This new book features photographs, maps, exploration and droving journals that have never been published before. Mysteries of the stock route are solved, and long-held beliefs and myths corrected. Phil Bianchi’s research is complemented by expert analyses of flora, fauna and pasture. This heavily referenced and comprehensively indexed book is destined to become the definitive history of the Canning Stock Route and will appeal to general and professional readers, historians, anthropologists, scientists, family history researchers, local shires, tour companies, tourists and CSR travellers.
Download or read book Western Australia in the 20th Century written by Patrick Cornish and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Australian collection of reminisences and reflections on topics such as the wars, depression, immigration, celebrities, community and creativity.
Download or read book Wings of the Kite Hawk written by Nicolas Rothwell and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Australian travel classic. Reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, Wings of the Kite-Hawk will seduce and enthrall; it will force you out of the comfortable chair and into the wilds of the bush. Wings of the Kite-Hawk is a set of linked journeys into the Australian landscape: its past and its present, its people and its half-remembered secrets. In each chapter, Nicolas Rothwell takes a precursor and follows him. His guides include famous explorers from the past - Leichhardt, Sturt, Strehlow and Giles - as well as artists, anthropologists, rodeo riders and even Hell's Angels. Vivid characters weave in and out of the story, inspiring journeys through different states of heart and mind: love, loss, friendship, fear. This book, re-issued with a new introduction by renowned travel writer Pico Iyer and a new foreword by the author, is unlike any other written about inland Australia. As much fable as memoir, it resonates with strangeness and bitter-sweetness, with all the hidden patterns and suddenly revealed depths of life. 'If the traveller's aim is to find wonders and treasures not before our eyes, that others have overlooked, then this is truly a hidden classic.' -Pico Iyer, Introduction
Download or read book The Australian Official Journal of Trademarks written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Camelman on the Canning written by Claude Heppingstone and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a comprehensive history of the construction of the Canning Stock Route compiled from the diary of Claude Heppingstone, a cameleer. This is the only known daily report of events during the construction of the stock route.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850 to 1940 written by Raymond John Howgego and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight written by Herbert Arthur Doubleday and published by Victoria County History. This book was released on 1973 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A part-volume detailing the history of Hampshire religious houses, including the early history of Winchester cathedral.
Download or read book The Immeasurable Cost written by Kate Pitty and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ipswich Grammar School was founded in 1863, and has beena beacon of education throughout the history of Queensland. However, it was during the Great War, that the school reallydefined itself. Just under 1500 students had been enrolled atthe school throughout its years, and of these 1500, over 290volunteered to serve in WW1. Students from all walks of life,had two things in common - their passion for 'The School onthe Hill', and their desire to serve their country - to do whatwas right. Of these 230 boys, 37 made the ultimate sacrifice,many won military honours, many came home wounded andmany returned to a somewhat normal life (if life could everbe normal for them again). It is this journey from boyhoodto becoming a man, on the battlefields of France, the desertsof Egypt and the skies over Europe that has yet to be toldfor these IGS Old Boys. It is an honour that is long overdue.By creating a biography on each of these men, and sheddinglight on their stories, our community can commemorate theirservice and their impact on the war. It is the stories of theseboys, that will form the basis of this book.
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Download or read book Desert Places written by Robyn Davidson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Tracks: A travel writer’s memoir of her year with the nomadic Rabari tribe on the border between Pakistan and India. India’s Thar Desert has been the home of the Rabari herders for thousands of years. In 1990, Australian Robyn Davidson, “as natural a travel writer as she is an adventurer,” spent a year with the Rabari, whose livelihood is increasingly endangered by India’s rapid development (The New Yorker). Enduring the daily hardships of life in the desert while immersed in the austere beauty of the arid landscape, Davidson subsisted on a diet of goat milk, roti, and parasite-infested water. She collided with India’s rigid caste system and cultural idiosyncrasies, confronted extreme sleep deprivation, and fought feelings of alienation amid the nation’s isolated rural peoples—finding both intense suffering and a renewed sense of beauty and belonging among the Rabari family. Rich with detail and honest in its depictions of cultural differences, Desert Places is an unforgettable story of fortitude in the face of struggle and an ode to the rapidly disappearing way of life of the herders of northwestern India. “Davidson will both disturb and exhilarate readers with the acuity of her observations, the sting of her wit, and the candor of her emotions” (Booklist).
Download or read book Freedom Struggle in Uttar Pradesh Awadh 1857 59 written by Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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