Back of Beyond: Hugh Tindall's stories of a shearing life in outback Australia
by Freda Marnie Nicholls
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1743317166
- ISBN 13
- 9781743317167
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 319 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Hugh Tindall is an ordinary man who has lived through extraordinary times in outback Queensland. From a poor man's selection on the Diamantina in 1928 to owning six large stations with his family, from shearing his first 100 sheep a day at the age of sixteen to organising sheds in the long running 1956 shearer's strike, Hugh's story is part of a turbulent time in the outback, whose history he is passionate about. Told in his own voice, it is an honest account of life in isolated western and central Queensland, where the tough survived or died. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; 20th century; Australiana. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781743317167. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9036. . 9781743317167
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9036
- Title
- Back of Beyond: Hugh Tindall's stories of a shearing life in outback Australia
- Author
- Freda Marnie Nicholls
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1743317166
- ISBN 13
- 9781743317167
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Memoirs, True Story Books, Countryside, Country Life, hugh tindall, shearing, australia Biography & Autobiography; Australia; 20th century; Australiana. EAN: 9781743317167 Freda Marnie Nicholls Back of Beyond: Hugh Tindall's stories of a
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