Download or read book The Brumby Wars written by Anthony Sharwood and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not just a war over horses. It's a battle for the soul of Australia. This is a book about the intense culture war raging around Australia's wild horses, known as brumbies. It pits a vision of the legendary Man from Snowy River and the iconic ANZAC Light Horse against the spectre of ecosystems destroyed by feral pests. The debate involves powerful politicians and media commentators, and stars an animal mythologised in Australian poetry and prose. But in essence, this is about us. The Brumby Wars is about Australians at war with each other over their vision of an ideal Australia. To ecologists and people who ski, walk and fish in the High Country and other areas where the brumbies proliferate, they are a feral menace which must be removed to save delicate alpine landscapes. To the descendants of cattle families and many Australians in urban and regional areas, brumbies are untouchable, a symbol of wildness and freedom. Something has to give. But what? The land or the horses? This war is set to escalate dramatically before we have an answer. Featuring interviews with characters from all sides of the debate, The Brumby Wars is the riveting account of a major national issue and the very human passions it inspires. It is also a journey, a quest to understand what makes us tick in our increasingly polarised country. Praise for Anthony Sharwood's From Snow to Ash 'Makes for inspirational reading' West Australian 'A distinctive, charming narrative ... a thinking, caring man's trek' Canberra Times 'A joyous read with personality in spades ... A book for the adventurer in us all' Australian Geographic

Download or read book The Brumby of Summerhill Park written by Derina McLaughlin and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexia and her brother, Brad, travel to the Snowy Mountains, where they rescue a starving brumby whom they name Prince of the Brumbies. When Alexia wants to enter in the annual Stockman's Bush Race over the old gold fields, her hopes are dashed when her chosen ride, the retired race horse Stormy, proves too big and naughty for her. Alexia and her best friend Enya work hard to try and prepare the bush brumby Prince in time for the contest.

Download or read book The Brumby of the Purple Haze written by K.L. Barry and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all began at the beginning of autumn in 1975. I was a young girl who lived with my family near a remote little town called Freemans Waterhole, south west of Lake Macquarie out in the bush, miles from my school friends and neighbours to speak of, except for creepy old Mr Peters. Most days I had to fi nd my own entertainment when I got home from school for there was never anything interesting on the TV, besides I like to get out side and be free like go for rides on my horse I called Sunny, through the bush and along the fi re trails with my dog. Occasionally I would come across wild brumbies that roamed about the bush and on this particular day we found an old grey brumby. My ride was only going to be a quick one before dinner, but when I saw this old brumby for the fi rst time I sensed a certain feeling about him like he was special in some way. From here I knew I had to see him again and fi nd out where he hung out and who with. This lead me to an adventure that almost became life threatening, and to say the least, it was interesting where I wasn’t sure if my mind was playing tricks on me or what was happening. Was it caused by the old brumby? I may never know for sure or work out what really happened. Maybe only time will tell

Download or read book The Brumby Mare written by Brian Taylor and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brumby Mare is an engaging collection of reminiscences about traditional Queensland stockmen and bush workers in the 1950s and 1960s, before the days of motorbikes and helicopters. Brian Taylor knows and loves his country and his stories ring with the authority of experience. Some of the incidents he describes are laugh-aloud funny, some heart-stopping and some very moving. He is a close, thoughtful and warm-hearted observer – of people, of wild and working animals and of the country that sustains them. The Brumby Mare is sure to evoke nostalgia in bush folk and for city readers it will bring the old world of the outback and stockman to life. A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a lifetime of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along dusty plains and beside dry creek beds under the endless southern sky. Also available, together with The Moonlight Stallion, as the single volume A Swag Of Memories: Australian Bush Stories.

Download or read book The Brumby written by Roland John and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brumby written by Kathryn Massey and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brumby holds a special place in the Australian psyche. Immortalised in films such as The Man from Snowy River and books like the Silver Brumby series, Brumbies epitomise the spirit of freedom and courage beloved by most Australians. Today, however, they face an uncertain future. Considered by some to be feral pests and increasingly marginalised in lands that have been their home for over a century, Brumbies need our support more than ever before if they are to be protected for the enjoyment of future generations. Bringing together breathtaking photographs of Brumbies in the wild as well as often thought-provoking and entertaining stories from people privileged enough to have encountered or worked with them personally, Brumby celebrates the beauty, strength and indomitable spirit of these amazing animals.

Download or read book Brumby s Run written by Jennifer Scoullar and published by Pilyara Press. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you choose between a long-lost sister and the man who’s stolen your heart? Set among the hauntingly beautiful ghost gums and wild horses of the high country, Brumby’s Run is a heartfelt, romantic novel about families and secrets, love and envy, and most especially the bonds of sisterhood. Samantha Carmichael’s world is turned on its head when she learns that she’s adopted – and that she has a twin sister, Charlie, who is critically ill. While Charlie recovers in hospital, Sam offers to look after Brumby’s Run, her sister’s home high in the Victorian Alps. Within days, city girl Sam finds herself breaking brumbies and running cattle with the help of handsome neighbour Drew Chandler, her sister’s erstwhile boyfriend. A daunting challenge soon becomes a wholehearted tree change as Sam begins to fall in love with Brumby’s Run – and with Drew. But what will happen when Charlie returns to claim what is rightfully hers? PRAISE FOR BRUMBY'S RUN: ‘This book celebrates the country and more importantly, the bush, as a life-changing environment. But we also have a heart-thumping romance ...’ The Weekly Times ‘A lovely story of family, self-discovery, love of the land and the wildlife that live on it.’ 1 Girl ... 2 Many Books ‘Another wonderful addition to the Australian rural genre ... Brumby’s Run is a story characterised by family secrets, relationships, growth and passion and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.’ The Australian Bookshelf Brumby's Run is the first book of The Wild Australia Stories. Buy it now to discover why Jennifer Scoullar is one of Australia’s favourite story-tellers!

Download or read book Equestrian Cultures written by Kristen Guest and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As much as dogs, cats, or any domestic animal, horses exemplify the vast range of human-animal interactions. Horses have long been deployed to help with a variety of human activities—from racing and riding to police work, farming, warfare, and therapy—and have figured heavily in the history of natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Most accounts of the equine-human relationship, however, fail to address the last few centuries of Western history, focusing instead on pre-1700 interactions. Equestrian Cultures fills in the gap, telling the story of how prominently horses continue to figure in our lives, up to the present day. ​ Kristen Guest and Monica Mattfeld place the modern period front and center in this collection, illuminating the largely untold story of how the horse has responded to the accelerated pace of modernity. The book’s contributors explore equine cultures across the globe, drawing from numerous interdisciplinary sources to show how horses have unexpectedly influenced such distinctively modern fields as photography, anthropology, and feminist theory. Equestrian Cultures boldly steps forward to redefine our view of the most recent developments in our long history of equine partnership and sets the course for future examinations of this still-strong bond.

Download or read book In Search Of A Wild Brumby written by Michael Keenan and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Mike Keenan is off again – this time with the daunting task of capturing a Snowy Mountains brumby, following in the footsteps of the Man from Snowy River. When Mike Keenan decided to search for a brumby to add to his dwindling stock of farm horses, he never dreamed he'd find himself crashing down a mountain in classic Man from Snowy River style. Despite what he describes as 'one of the scariest half-minutes of my life', he lived to tell the tale –and the result is both an adventure story and a compelling portrait of the life and troubled times of the Australian brumby, and of the mountain people who live alongside them. Brumbies hold a special place in the hearts of many Australians, reared on Banjo Paterson's epic poem and Elyne Mitchell's Silver Brumby novels, and the news of the slaughter of more than 500 in Guy Fawkes National Park caused public outrage. But what does the future hold for the brumbies that have roamed the Snowy Mountains and other wilderness areas for more than 150 years? Are they part of our unique heritage, or merely feral creatures threatening delicate ecosystems? As his quest for a brumby of his own is overtaken by his growing interest in their plight, Mike shares campfires and rollicking yarns with a host of bush characters who could have stepped straight out of Banjo's poem – and pursues the elusive wild horses through the snows, mists and treacherous bogs of the spectacular Snowy Mountains landscape.

Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Heritage and Politics written by Gönül Bozoğlu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Heritage and Politics surveys the intersection of heritage and politics today and helps elucidate the political implications of heritage practices. It explicitly addresses the political and analyses tensions and struggles over the distribution of power. Including contributions from early-career scholars and more established researchers, the Handbook provides global and interdisciplinary perspectives on the political nature, significance and consequence of heritage and the various practices of management and interpretation. Taking a broad view of heritage, which includes not just tangible and intangible phenomena, but the ways in which people and societies live with, embody, experience, value and use the past, the volume provides a critical survey of political tensions over heritage in diverse social and cultural contexts. Chapters within the book consider topics such as: neoliberal dynamics; terror and mobilisations of fear and hatred; old and new nationalisms; public policy; recognition; denials; migration and refugeeism; crises; colonial and decolonial practice; communities; self- and personhood; as well as international relations, geopolitics, soft power and cooperation to address global problems. The Routledge International Handbook of Heritage and Politics makes an intervention into the theoretical debate about the nature and role of heritage as a political resource. It is essential reading for academics and students working in heritage studies, museum studies, politics, memory studies, public history, geography, urban studies and tourism.

Download or read book Saving the Snowy Brumbies written by Kelly Wilson and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year thousands of Australia’s legendary Brumbies are aerially culled or captured and sold for slaughter to manage the world’s largest population of wild horses. When the Wilson Sisters hear of government plans to cull 90 per cent of the Snowy Mountain Brumbies, they eagerly sign up for the Australian Brumby Challenge to learn more about these iconic horses’ desperate plight. Assigned ponies so small that even the slaughterhouses have rejected them, Vicki, Kelly and Amanda realise their Brumbies' future lies with much younger riders. Will these Brumbies embrace the many changes ahead of them, and can the sisters find children they trust to ride recently wild ponies? The sequel to the best-selling books For the Love of Horses, Stallion Challenges and Mustang Ride.

Download or read book Monster High Monster Rescue Go Get Lagoona written by Misty von Spooks and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draculaura, Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, and Cleo De Nile can't wait to bring another monster home to the clawsome new Monster High! Their next creeperific rescue mission leads them to the Great Barrier Reef to find the fintastic surfing sea ghoul, Lagoona Blue. But when a tropical cyclone strands the ghouls in the Australian Outback, their undersea quest is shipwrecked! Can the ghoulfriends put their brains together to find Lagoona and make their way home? ©2017 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.

Download or read book Starlight Stables Brumby Rescue written by Soraya Nicholas and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Poppy buys a wild, beautiful brumby at an auction she doesn't think about the consequences. Everyone thinks she's crazy trying to take on a wild horse, although Poppy is sure she can help him. But Poppy had no idea how difficult a wild brumby would be to handle, and she's heartbroken when he bares his teeth at her whenever she tries to go near him. Can she prove them wrong and work out how to bond with her brumby, or has she finally bitten off more than she can handle?

Download or read book Starlight Stables Brumby Rescue BK5 written by Soraya Nicholas and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Poppy bids on a wild, beautiful brumby at an auction, she doesn’t think about the consequences. Everyone believes she’s crazy trying to take on a wild horse – although Poppy is sure she can help him. But Poppy had no idea how difficult a wild brumby can be, and she’s heartbroken that he just won't let her come near him. Will her brumby learn to love her, or has she taken on more than she can handle?

Download or read book Unmanned Aircraft Systems written by Kimon P. Valavanis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-21 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have seen unprecedented levels of growth during the last decade in both military and civilian domains. It is anticipated that civilian applications will be dominant in the future, although there are still barriers to be overcome and technical challenges to be met. Integrating UAS into, for example, civilian space, navigation, autonomy, see-detect-and-avoid systems, smart designs, system integration, vision-based navigation and training, to name but a few areas, will be of prime importance in the near future. This special volume is the outcome of research presented at the International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, held in Orlando, Florida, USA, from June 23-25, 2008, and presents state-of-the-art findings on topics such as: UAS operations and integration into the national airspace system; UAS navigation and control; micro-, mini-, small UAVs; UAS simulation testbeds and frameworks; UAS research platforms and applications; UAS applications. This book aims at serving as a guide tool on UAS for engineers and practitioners, academics, government agencies and industry. Previously published in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 54 (1-3, 2009).

Download or read book The Silver Brumby written by Elyne Mitchell and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A silver brumby is special 㟢ut he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both ...thowra, the magnificent silver stallion, is king of the brumbies. He will defend his herd from the mighty horse, the Brolga, in the most savage of struggles. But, the Brolga is not the only danger - thowra needs all his speed and cunning to save the herd from capture by man. In a desperate chase through the mountains, it seems there is no longer anywhere for him to run to...the first of Elyne Mitchell\'9291s wonderful books featuring the brumbies of the majestic High Country - the Snowy Mountains.*Highly Commended, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, 1959Ages 10+

Download or read book Trucksong written by Andrew Macrae and published by Twelfth Planet Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a post-apocalyptic Australian landscape dominated by free-wheeling cyborgs, a young man goes in search of his lost lover who has been kidnapped by a rogue AI truck – the Brumby King. Along the way, he teams with Sinnerman, an independent truck with its own reasons for hating the Brumby King. Before his final confrontation with the brumbies, he must learn more about the broken-down world and his own place in it, and face his worst fears. .The strange and playful voice of the first-person narrator keeps the story kicking along as he comes to his final realisation that the only meaning to be found in a world in slow decay is that which you make for yourself..This genre-bending work of literary biopunk mixes the mad fun of Mad Max II with the idiosyncratic testimony of works like Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang or Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. Shortlisted for Aurealis Award for Best SF Novel 2014