Download or read book The Drover s Daughter written by Patsy Kemp and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drovers hold an iconic place in our Australian identity, due to the courage and perseverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of kilometres through rural and outback areas. But what of the women and children who travelled with them?
Download or read book The Drover s Wife written by Leah Purcell and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson and her four surviving children, another on the way. Husband Joe is away months at a time droving livestock up north, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly’s children are her world, and life is hard and precarious with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for protection – but it can be harder when Joe’s around. At just twelve years of age Molly’s eldest son Danny is the true man of the house, determined to see his mother and siblings safe – from raging floodwaters, hunger and intruders, man and reptile. Danny is mature beyond his years, but there are some things no child should see. He knows more than most just what it takes to be a drover’s wife. One night under the moon’s watch, Molly has a visitor of a different kind – a black ‘story keeper’, Yadaka. He’s on the run from authorities in the nearby town, and exchanges kindness for shelter. Both know that justice in this nation caught between two worlds can be as brutal as its landscape. But in their short time together, Yadaka shows Molly a secret truth, and the strength to imagine a different path. Full of fury and power, Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a brave reimagining of the Henry Lawson short story that has become an Australian classic. Brilliantly plotted, it is a compelling thriller of our pioneering past that confronts head-on issues of today: race, gender, violence and inheritance.
Download or read book 30 Years Droving at Its Best written by Colin Kemp and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Drover s Daughter written by Patricia Blackwell and published by Brolga Pub.. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drovers hold an iconic place in our Australian identity, due to the courage and perseverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of kilometres through rural and outback areas. But what of the women and children who travelled with them?
Download or read book The Drover s Daughter written by Deanna Dunham and published by Pendulum Books. This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Drover s Wife and Other Stories written by Murray Bail and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 1984 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Winter Witch written by Paula Brackston and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston transports readers to the windswept mountains of Wales in The Winter Witch, an enthralling tale of love and magic. In her small early nineteenth century Welsh town, there is no one quite like Morgana. She is small and quick and pretty enough to attract a suitor, but there are things that set her apart from other girls. Though her mind is sharp she has not spoken since she was a young girl. Her silence is a mystery, as well as her magic—the household objects that seem to move at her command, the bad luck that visits those who do her ill. Concerned for her safety, her mother is anxious to see Morgana married, and Cai Jenkins, the widowed drover from the far hills who knows nothing of the rumors that swirl around her, seems the best choice. After her wedding, Morgana is heartbroken at leaving her mother, and wary of this man, whom she does not know, and who will take her away to begin a new life. But she soon falls in love with Cai's farm and the wild mountains that surround it. Here, where frail humans are at the mercy of the elements, she thrives, her wild nature and her magic blossoming. Cai works to understand the beautiful, half-tamed creature he has chosen for a bride, and slowly, he begins to win Morgana's affections. It's not long, however, before her strangeness begins to be remarked upon in her new village. A dark force is at work there—a person who will stop at nothing to turn the townspeople against Morgana, even at the expense of those closest to her. Forced to defend her home, her man, and herself from all comers, Morgana must learn to harness her power, or she will lose everything in this beautifully written, enchanting novel. "An enthralling tale of love and magic." –USA Today
Download or read book Waverley Novels Woodstock The Highland widow The two drovers The surgeon s daughter written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Waverly Novels Woodstock The Highland widow The two drovers The surgeon s daughter written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Drover s Wife written by Frank Moorhouse and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover's Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of drover's wife works, stories and images. The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 extended the mythology and it, too, has become an Australian icon. Other versions of the Lawson story have been written by Murray Bail, Barbara Jefferis, Mandy Sayer, David Ireland, Madeleine Watts and others, up to the present, including Leah Purcell's play and Ryan O'Neill's graphic novel. In essays and commentary, Frank Moorhouse examines our ongoing fascination with this story and has collected some of the best pieces of writing on the subject. This remarkable, gorgeous book is, he writes, 'a monument to the drovers' wives'.
Download or read book Daughter Of The Murray written by Darry Fraser and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-paced historical romance adventure, set on the mighty Murray River in the 1890s with a flawed but loveable heroine. 1890s, River Murray, Northern Victoria Georgina Calthorpe is unhappy living with her indifferent foster family the MacHenry's in their crumbling house on the banks of the River Murray. Unlike the rest of the family, she isn't looking forward to the return of prodigal son Dane. With good reason. Dane MacHenry is furious when on his return he finds his homestead in grave decline. Unaware that his father has been drinking his way through his inheritance, he blames Georgina and Georgina decides she has no option but to leave. Unfortunately she chooses Dane's horse to flee on, and when Dane learns she has stolen his prized stallion, he gives chase. From this point their fates become intertwined with that of a businessman with a dark secret, Conor Foley, who offers Georgina apparent security: a marriage with status in the emerging nouveau–riche echelons of Melbourne. But none of them could imagine the toll the changing political and social landscape would have on homes, hearts and families. Will Georgina's path lead her into grave danger and unhappiness, or will she survive and fulfil her destiny?
Download or read book Miracles Happen written by Janice Drover and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracles Happen is the story of a tragic event that happened in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 2010. On August 13, Rendell Drover, a respected fisherman in the community, was injured in an industrial accident that nearly claimed his life. In this memoir, Rendell's wife, Janice, recalls in heartbreaking detail the weeks and months that followed. Throughout his recovery, Rendell underwent a series of dangerous medical procedures . . . and lived. Doctors agreed his survival was nothing short of miraculous. Today, Rendell Drover, known locally as "the big-hearted fisherman from Upper Island Cove," is alive and well. His story will inspire readers and remind them that, in times of crisis, miracles really can happen.
Download or read book The Drover s Dogs written by Susan Price and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten-year-old Sandy's childhood ends when his mother sells him to a farmer who half-starves and beats him. So he runs away for good, away from the farm and from home. Alone on the road, penniless, Sandy is lucky to find friends: Spot and Patch, two drover's dogs, who are making their way home all by themselves. With no idea where they are going, Sandy joins them, following them across Scotland, through a wild landscape of loch and mountain, to the Hebridean island of Mull in the West. When the dogs lead him to their croft, Sandy's deepest wish seems to have come true. He, too, has found a loving home. He is happier at Lachlan's croft than he thought he could be, until he discovers that he is not really wanted there at all. Unwelcome, he takes to the road again. But without his four-legged friends. Will he go through his whole life friendless and lonely? Susan Price is an acclaimed writer of books for the young. She has won the Carnegie medal and the Guardian Fiction prize and her books have been translated into many languages.
Download or read book The Drover s Daughter written by Patricia Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drovers hold an iconic place in Australian Identity, due to the courage and perserverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of miles through rural New South Wales and Queensland! Smoko was on the roadside, lamb chops grilled over the open fire on an upside-down camp oven lid. What of the women and children who travelled with the Boss Drover? How do they fare? Patsy tells a humerous story as a 'Drover's Daughter living in the Bush,' and her life while travelling with six siblings, the odd workman, numerous horses and dogs. One of her fondest memories was her father plonking her on the back of a sheep and telling her to 'ride the bastard over the bridge love.' So here was was five years old Patsy, clinging on to the wool of the sheep as it walked over the bridge, with the flowing water just 20 feet below the bridge. The Education Deptartment eventually caught up with the family, the kids whom to date had not being schooled, so the kids had to do schooling by correspondence while moving every day and living out of the back of a truck. Wood had to gathered each day to cook the meals and on cold winter nights to keep the family warm as they sat around the fire eating their meal. Meals was finished with a mug of tea out of the 'billy' simmering away, hanging of the tripod dangling over the fire. The best times when another droving caught up with them when the kids could play in the dark and the adults playing cards and yarning into the night with the kerosene lantern helping the light from the fire which also kept the card players warm, this could last into the night but everyone was out of bed at dawn to start the day with the stock.
Download or read book Box the Pony written by Scott Rankin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The semi-autobiographical story of Leah Purcell - or her alter ego Stephanie - which traces the events of her life growing up on an impoverished Aboriginal mission in Queensland. Despite the poverty, violence, lack of education and opportunity, Stepanie is nurtured through the love of her family.
Download or read book Foal s Bread written by Gillian Mears and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited new novel from the award-winning author of The Grass Sister tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and the high-jumping horse circuit prior to the Second World War. A love story of impossible beauty and sadness, it is
Download or read book The Drover s Daughter written by Patsy Kemp and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Patsy's story is full of the warmth, honesty and humour of life in the Australian Outback with the boss drover, along with his wife, seven kids, dogs, horses and workmen, travelling in the wide open spaces in the “Long Paddock” in New South Wales and Queensland. She shares stories of bathing in a trough while stock were watering, catching yabbies out of a boredrain for dinner, her brother running down a sheep for a “killer” and running low on food while surrounded by flood water. Life was never dull." -- Publisher website.
