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Author : Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)
Download or read book On the Wool Track written by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michelle Grattan
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742746128
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Back on the Wool Track written by Michelle Grattan and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate and eye-opening account of Michelle Grattan’s travels through ‘the wool track’ of western New South Wales In Back On The Wool Track, Michelle Grattan traces the footsteps of pre- eminent journalist and war historian C.E.W Bean. In 1909, Bean was commissioned by the Sydney Morning Herald to write a series of articles on the wool industry in western New South Wales. The articles were later compiled into a book and published as On The Wool Track which went on to become an Australian classic. (Continually in print until 1966.) Now, almost 100 years later, Michelle Grattan traces Bean’s footsteps and paints a fascinating picture of the Far West in 21st century Australia. Like Bean, whose descriptions brought to life the characters who inhabited this harsh, arid region, Back on the Wool Track is about people. Grattan visits the wool country and tracks down descendants of people Bean met during his travels and she observes the modern shearers, doing an old job in a new world. As Bean brought the outback to his city readers in 1909, Grattan interprets the Western Division for contemporary Australians. Back On The Wool Track is a vivid and sensitive portrayal of ‘this delicate country that responds like a piano to whatever touches it’.
Author : C E W. Bean
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book On the Wool Track written by C E W. Bean and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)
Download or read book On the Wool Track written by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230383903
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (839 download)
Download or read book On the Wool Track written by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... THE HOMESTEAD MAN Jacob was an Englishman. He had left England so long ago that he had forgotten what the sea was like. But still he had kept the name of his birth-land. Also, in the eyes of the other hands on the station, he could not ride. I could not have told the difference--he could stick on any way. But he had not learned to ride as a baby, and they say you are never quite the same after that. Jacob was an Englishman. For some reason they seem just to tolerate Englishmen in the bush. They use the word almost as a mark for incapacity. "He can't ride. He can graft a bit; but he's not much intelligence, oh no. He's an Englishman," they tell you. Yet one noticed that if there were a particularly hard, thankless, not over-remunerative piece of work to be done, something that wanted sticking to honestly, through a long day, with a good solid shoulder behind it, it was somehow generally an Englishman that was set to it. This particular one, Jacob, was pure English, from Somerset. He was not clever. He could write his name if he were not interrupted. If he were disturbed he had to go back and begin again. But we watched him loading those "possts"; and I never saw anyone work like him. The "possts" were enormous twelve-inch baulks, stacked under a lot of loose timber, so that they needed to be pushed out clear before he could get at them to parbuckle them on to the wagon. Jacob burrowed into the pile flat on his chest, for all the world like a rabbit with a dog after it; got his shoulder up to the butt of the post he wanted; and then wriggled, wrenched, tore, shoved, as fiercely as a terrier in a dog-fight, until the post gradually emerged from its brothers, and after it--head to foot in dust, dripping with sweat, his huge brown muscles...
Author : Tom Lynch
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496233883
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Outback and Out West written by Tom Lynch and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outback and Out West examines the ecological consequences of a settler-colonial imaginary by comparing expressions of settler colonialism in the literature of the American West and Australian Outback. Tom Lynch traces exogenous domination in both regions, which resulted in many similar means of settlement, including pastoralism, homestead acts, afforestation efforts, and bioregional efforts at “belonging.” Lynch pairs the two nations’ texts to show how an analysis at the intersection of ecocriticism and settler colonialism requires a new canon that is responsive to the social, cultural, and ecological difficulties created by settlement in the West and Outback. Outback and Out West draws out the regional Anthropocene dimensions of settler colonialism, considering such pressing environmental problems as habitat loss, groundwater depletion, and mass extinctions. Lynch studies the implications of our settlement heritage on history, art, and the environment through the cross-national comparison of spaces. He asserts that bringing an ecocritical awareness to settler-colonial theory is essential for reconciliation with dispossessed Indigenous populations as well as reparations for ecological damages as we work to decolonize engagement with and literature about these places.
Author : Andrew Moore
Publisher : Federation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781862875739
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Francis de Groot written by Andrew Moore and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saturday, 19 March 1932, the day of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the most significant occasions in the history of the city of Sydney. The public mood, however, was apprehensive more than it was festive. As one senior journalist later reflected, 'the city was jumpy, jumpy as I've never known it since'. For one thing, the leader of the right-wing New Guard had vowed that Premier Lang would not open the Bridge. The police and security authorities were concerned that the New Guard might kidnap the premier, and stage a coup d'etat. All eyes scanned the horizon, awaiting the approach of an angry right-wing mob.Into these confused and tense circumstances rode a lone horseman, wielding an ex-cavalry sword. He was Captain Francis De Groot, a former Hussar and Irishman- also a senior member of the New Guard. Slashing the ribbon with his sword he declared the Sydney Harbour Bridge open 'in the name of the decent and respectable people of New South Wales'.Relying upon hitherto unused archival material, as well as manuscripts found in Ireland, Andrew Moore tells the story of the Bridge opening in all its colourful detail. This sheds fresh light on the bizarre circumstances that had brought New South Wales to the brink of civil war.Irish Fascist. Australian Legend is also the first biography to be published of Francis De Groot. The handsome, enigmatic Irishman grew up in Dublin, a member of an elite Irish Huguenot family. Prior to World War One he worked as a merchant seaman, coal lumper and antique dealer. After serving on the Western Front, he returned to Sydney to manufacture reproduction furniture of the finest quality.Captain De Groot became part of Australian folklore for his part in the Harbour Bridge opening. Yet, through furniture and antiques, his contribution to the cultural life of his adopted city and country was as profound as his celebrated role in opening Sydney's famous 'Coathanger'.Shortlisted for THE STATE RECORDS NSW - JOHN AND PATRICIA WARD HISTORY PRIZE 2006 (New South Wales Premier' s History Awards). A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.
Author : Marcos André Torres de Souza
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331990857X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Historical Archaeology and Environment written by Marcos André Torres de Souza and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume gathers contributions focused on understanding the environment through the lens of Historical Archaeology. Pressing issues such as climate change, global warming, the Anthropocene and loss of biodiversity have pushed scholars from different areas to examine issues related to the causes, processes, and consequences of these phenomena. While traditional barriers between natural and social sciences have been torn down, these issues have gradually occupied a central place in the field of anthropology. As archaeology involves the transdisciplinary study of cultural and natural evidence related to the past, it is in a privileged position to discuss the historical depth of some of the processes related to environment that are deeply affecting the world today. This volume brings together substantial and comprehensive contributions to the understanding of the environment in a historical perspective along three lines of inquiry: Theoretical and methodological approaches to the environment in Historical Archaeology Studies on environmental Historical Archaeology Historical Archaeology and the Anthropocene Historical Archaeology and Environment will be of interest to researchers in both social and environmental sciences, working in different disciplines and research areas, such as archaeology, history, geography, anthropology, climate change studies, environmental analysis and sustainable development studies.
Author : Rory O'Malley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483600904
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Mateship and Moneymaking written by Rory O'Malley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mateship and Money Making – Summary of Book A ferocious ‘war’ erupted in remote outback Australia in 1983. Shearers were on strike. ‘Scab’ shearers had to be protected against invading mobs of unionists. In scattered and isolated woolsheds sheds the question was: should sheep-shearers be allowed to use ‘wide combs’? Australian merinos had always been shorn with ‘narrow combs’. Until a recent ruling industrial award expressly forbad wide combs. Initiated by the graziers (way back in 1926) the rule had become shearers’ folklore. Wide combs were not just wrong – but positively evil. This was the 1980s, but the roots of the problem went back to the 1890s. Shearers got paid per hundred sheep, not by the hour or the day, so the opportunity to get a bigger tally with the wide comb was something to be welcomed - one would think. Indeed, that was certainly the case. But fanatical opposing opinion could not easily be overcome. It was ‘un-Australian’ to even think about it. But equally, it was ‘un-Australian’ NOT to be allowed a free choice to use whatever equipment did the job best. Diametrically opposed points of view were quite irreconcilable. The oldest and most powerful trade union in the nation’s history stood behind the strike. The Australian Workers Union, known wide and far by its acronym ‘the AWU’, had risen in the 1890s. Ruthlessly efficient at grass roots organiser, God help any shearer trying to occupy a stand without an AWU ticket. And God help any greedy upstart questioning AWU wisdom on industrial matters. The shearing workforce had always been a rambunctious, contrary lot. The work was punishingly strenuous as well as highly skilled. Infectious group camaraderie governed its cult of ‘mateship’. This was also prone to impenetrable ‘insider-outsider’ idiosyncrasies. There was money to be made for those who could stand the pace, but strong tribal loyalties to the union dictated customs and rules in the woolshed. Many different types gravitated into shearing. At one end were staunch unionists preaching ‘mateship’ and class solidarity. At the other end self-improving moneymakers accumulated funds get started as farmers. For the most part the two groups ‘got on’, or at least tolerated one another. Hard core class warriors enjoyed the competitive camaraderie and were not themselves against making money. Moneymakers were not averse to a bit of class solidarity if it bolstered shearing rates of pay. They were less tolerant of rules which slowed them down. In its foundation years the AWU had been pugnacious and militant. Violent strikes in the 1890s did not go well for it. Too many members were farmers who ‘scabbed’ during strikes. The arrival of contract shearing further diluted the link between ‘mateship’ and union solidarity. In 1902 moneymaking professional shearers were so exasperated by AWU belligerence towards woolgrowers, they formed a rival ‘Machine Shearers Union’, more friendly to the graziers. AWU leaders had to use all their guile and cunning to outwit the upstart MSU. The AWU moderated its militancy, adopted a policy of opposing strikes, and put its faith in the newly established Arbitration Court to fix wages and settle disputes. Unfortunately for the AWU, factions within its rank-and-file remained attracted to the mythology of class war against the graziers. During World War I, the Arbitration Court was very laggard in updating the shearing award and militants had their chance. In defiance of the AWU a very successful strike was organised in Queensland. This opened the door for a militant faction with communist connections in the interwar period. The AWU’s firm policy of ‘arbitration not direct action’ was ridiculed. The AWU denigrated them as ‘bogus disrupters’ and excoriated their point of view, but at the same time adopted militant-sounding rhetoric. The union could not afford to be accused of being on the side of the bos
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Australian Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Association of Wool Manufacturers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by National Association of Wool Manufacturers and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bibliography of wool and the woolen manufacture": v. 21, 1891, p. 118-134.
Author : Western Australia. Parliament
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Total Pages : 1012 pages
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Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by Western Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 754 pages
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Total Pages : 832 pages
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Author : Hugh Howey
Publisher : John Joseph Adams
ISBN 13 : 0544839641
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)
Download or read book Shift written by Hugh Howey and published by John Joseph Adams. This book was released on 2016 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened. This is the sequel to the New York Times best-selling Wool series.
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Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
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Author : South Australia. Parliament
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Total Pages : 1196 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia written by South Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
