Download or read book Tales from Bush Graves written by Anne Alloway and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will never be known just how many men, women and children have died and lie buried in the bush. Many of the deaths were not registered, and they are known only because the local paper reported on them. It was not the selector who lost his life, but usually men who had no idea how harsh the country could be, and consequently took risks by walking between stations looking for work, most times with very little water, and not much idea of where they were going. Many of the men were suffering from alcohol related problems. Most deaths were caused by fever, accidents, suicide, and murder. The women followed their men, enduring the harsh conditions and sometimes not seeing another white woman for years. They died during child birth, usually the baby died as well. Young children succumbed to the harsh conditions, dying of convulsions, poisoning, and accidents.
Download or read book Tales from Bush Graves Cloncurry written by Anne Alloway and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many lonely graves and isolated cemeteries scattered throughout the North Western area of Queensland. This book represents only a small gathering of information from a cross-section of outback inhabitants. Northwest Queensland is a very hard, harsh, rugged part of Australia, which has a strange beauty about it. Rocks and Spinifex surround the hills and valleys, with wide open plains and rivers. With fast cars and wide open roads the modern traveller can be forgiven for forgetting the days of the coach routes, and bush tracks that crisscrossed the country. The lonely miners and bush men who opened up much of this beautiful country and the black men who fought to keep the white man out often died and were buried in isolation, with few records accurately kept of their burials. There were literally hundreds of graves in Northwest Queensland some are virtually non-existent after many years of weathering and neglect, almost all lost in history, time and memories. The stories of their passing will be lost if it is not recorded. With the availability of modern technology people don’t have to face the hardships of their forebears who opened up the outback of Australia, faced droughts, floods, fires and being attacked by the local indigenous tribes. Here is a short history of some of those people who travelled the West and didn’t survive. Greg Humphrey
Download or read book Tales from Bush Graves Winton written by Anne Alloway and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the country to the north of Australia was being explored and taken up by men from Victoria and New South Wales hoping to make their fortune, other men were making their way out west, also keen to make good. Sesbania was one of the earliest selections taken up by John and James Nisbett. Douglas Harper was working on Sesbania, when he shot himself, whether accidentally or purposely is unknown. He was an Overseer, and died on 12th November, 1878. This is the earliest recorded death in this book. William Russel Myers was a shearer probably working on Manuka, or making his way there. He died from exhaustion and thirst on 3rd December, 1878. George Laxton who was a blacksmith, died at Mills Creek, also from thirst and exhaustion. He was probably walking to the next job, but died on 16th February, 1879, and was buried at Mills Creek, on Manuka. These three were just the beginning of dozens of men, women and children who lost their lives through thirst, exhaustion, accident, fever and murder. This book was written to record their lives and deaths in the Winton area of western Queensland.
Download or read book Where the Dead Men Lie written by Bruce Forbes Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that dead men tell no tales but this journey to some of Australia's oldest bush pubs and the graves of settlers in outback stations and on stock routes, revives the spirit of our early pioneers.The stories of a wide range of characters from stockmen to bushrangers give an insight into everyday life in the bush and the perils and dangers that often lead to their untimely death. The legendary drinking places and the antics of the bushmen who inhabited them bring to life memories of times gone by. Bruce Simpson weaves an evocative collection of bush verse - some of it his own - throughout the narrative.
Download or read book Nightmare 7 Tales of macabre 1970s Comics Magazine Beneath the graves of the Living Dead written by Sky Waldorf and published by Sky Waldorf. This book was released on 1973-02-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally Published by Skywald - Skywald magazines (this info is for those who don't know about Skywald magazines ) are similar to Warren's Creepy, Heavy Metal and Eerie magazines in that they had illustrated horror stories, but the stories in a Skywald were always bit more twisted and bizarre--a genuine treat for the demented reader! Contributors Include: Al Hewetson, Ricardo Villamonte, Suso, Maro Nava, Maelo Cintron, Borrell, Pablo Marcos, and Gene Day - Collector-Magazines Sells Thousands of Vintage Magazines & Posters!
Download or read book A Voice in the Wilderness written by Professor Joseph L Graves Jr. and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why understanding evolution—the most reviled branch of science—can help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism Evolutionary science has long been regarded as conservative, a tool for enforcing regressive ideas, particularly about race and gender. But in A Voice in the Wilderness, evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves Jr.—once styled as the “Black Darwin”—argues that his field is essential to social justice. He shows, for example, why biological races do not exist. He dismantles recent work in “human biodiversity” seeking genes to explain the achievements of different ethnic groups. He decimates homophobia, sexism, and classism as well. As a pioneering Black biologist, a leftist, and a Christian, Graves uses his personal story—his journey from a child of Jim Crow to a major researcher and leader of his peers—to rewrite his field. A Voice in the Wilderness is a powerful work of scientific anti-racism and a moving account of a trailblazing life.
Download or read book Where the Dead Men Lie written by Bruce Simpson and published by Dogwise Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The stories behind the tragic and often untimely deaths of our early pioneers in the bush. Bruce Simpson and photographer Ian Tinney travelled along the old Cobb & Co coach roads and stock routes to the final resting places of some of our earliest settlers. As well as documenting these sites for posterity they visited some of the legendary drinking places, many in ruins, of characters such as bushmen and bushrangers."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Grave Tales written by Helen Goltz and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visiting Melbourne cemeteries, 'Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol. 1' tells the stories of everyday people who willingly or unwillingly, were participants in events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses as exist now in towns and cities along the way, and finished their days in cemeteries in Melbourne. These are tales of early settlement, unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice. 'Grave Tales' reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final resting places. This is number seven in the awarded and popular 'Grave Tales' series.
Download or read book A Tomb with a View the Stories and Glories of Graveyards written by Peter Ross and published by Headline. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths? All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in A Tomb With A View, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Tales from Beyond the Grave written by Treasure Press and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welsh Food Stories written by Carwyn Graves and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welsh Food Stories explores more than two thousand years of history to discover the rich but forgotten heritage of Welsh foods – from oysters to cider, salted butter to salt-marsh lamb. Despite centuries of industry, ancient traditions have survived in pockets across the country among farmers, bakers, fisherfolk, brewers and growers who are taking Welsh food back to its roots, and trailblazing truly sustainable foods as they do so. In this important book, author Carwyn Graves travels Wales to uncover the country’s traditional foods and meet the people making them today. There are the owners of a local Carmarthenshire chip shop who never forget a customer, the couple behind Anglesey’s world-renowned salt company Halen Môn, and everyone else in between – all of them have unique and compelling stories to tell about how they contribute to the past, present and future of Welsh food. This is an evocative and insightful exploration of an often overlooked national cuisine, shining a spotlight on the importance – environmentally and socially – of keeping local food production alive.
Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands written by John Francis Campbell and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1890 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands Orally Collected written by John Francis Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Empty Graves written by Jonathan Maberry and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times–bestselling author of V-Wars, sixteen horror stories “written with great verve . . . for die hard zombie fans” (Publishers Weekly). Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry is a master of the zombie tale. Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead is emotionally charged and disturbing. These stories range across the genres of horror, science fiction, and biological thriller without ever straying from the fascinating humanity at the core. Together in a single action-packed collection, these sixteen gritty tales of the living dead span Maberr’s career, including an exclusive never-before-published short story.
Download or read book The Wrong Grave written by Kelly Link and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the lens of Kelly Link's vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything in this collection of short stories deserves a second look. From the multiple award-winning 'The Faery Handbag', in which a teenager's grandmother carries an entire village (or is it a man-eating dog?) in her handbag, to the 'The Wrong Grave,' which tells the story of a sixteen year old boy who digs up the grave of his girlfriend in order to rescue the poetry he buried with her-these stories will put goosebumps on your goosebumps. Kelly Link has a cult following in the United States and now Australian teens can have their world rocked, too. Link's stories are funny, scary and full of unexpected insights and skewed perspectives on the world.
Download or read book A Gravestone Made of Wheat written by Will Weaver and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2012 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The feature film Sweet Land was based on this short story about a Norwegian American farmer and his German immigrant common-law bride. Excerpted from Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories.
Download or read book The Irish Fairy Book written by Alfred Perceval Graves and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
