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Download or read book The Jackaroo written by Owen Genty and published by Owen Genty. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackaroo; n. a male station hand. That is according to the "Australian Slang Dictionary' whereas the Macquarie Dictionary gives a more realistic version. " A jack of all trades". Certainly a jackaroo is far more than 'a male station hand', which will be evident as the reader moves through this recount of the writer's five years of 'Station Management Apprenticeship"', possibly a more precise definition of the word. ('Station" being a large sheep and/or cattle property/ranch). The origin of the word 'jackaroo' has been debated as long as the word has been in existence, but the most popular belief is that early English migrants, who worked on stations in the Australian Outback, were given the name of "Jack Raw", being raw to the ways of the Australian bush. One such English migrant, whose name was Jack Carew may have had an influence on the foundation of the word. There is also the more recent female counterpart, known as a jillaroo. It is however, generally agreed that the word has no connection with the famed Australian icon, the kangaroo.
Download or read book Jackaroo written by Cynthia Voigt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1985 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When hard times among the People revive the old stories of the hero Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her own quest to unlock the secret reality behind the legend.
Download or read book Jackaroo written by Michael Thornton and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From choirboy to cowboy . . . In 1967, fresh from boarding school humiliations, and having lost his father to alcoholism, gangly teen Michael Thornton was packed off to a tough sheep and cattle station to work as a jackaroo. He was to learn the wool trade from the lamb up, under a boss legendary for working his farmhands in an almost military regimen. Tasked with the dirty, disgusting and downright dangerous jobs, jackaroos are the dogsbodies of our farms. But at Habbies Howe, in central Victoria, somewhere between castrating lambs with his teeth and hauling backbreaking sacks of fertiliser for no obvious purpose, Michael discovered inner strength, and the friendship and male role models he'd craved. He also earned respect – enough to later walk into a job with the nation's most famous farmer, the Defence Minister and future PM Malcolm Fraser. In Jackaroo, Thornton recalls his years learning the ropes in an era when farm work was still done on horseback. Engaging, candid and often funny, his memoir reveals the hard working lives of the unsung all-rounders of the country. 'Engaging and energetic' The Australian
Book Synopsis Something Coming Through by : Paul McAuley
Download or read book Something Coming Through written by Paul McAuley and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aliens are here. And they want to help. The extraordinary new project from one of the country's most acclaimed and consistently brilliant SF novelists of the last 30 years. The Jackaroo have given humanity fifteen worlds and the means to reach them. They're a chance to start over, but they're also littered with ruins and artifacts left by the Jackaroo's previous clients. Miracles that could reverse the damage caused by war, climate change, and rising sea levels. Nightmares that could forever alter humanity - or even destroy it. Chloe Millar works in London, mapping changes caused by imported scraps of alien technology. When she stumbles across a pair of orphaned kids possessed by an ancient ghost, she must decide whether to help them or to hand them over to the authorities. Authorities who believe that their visions point towards a new kind of danger. And on one of the Jackaroo's gift-worlds, the murder of a man who has just arrived from Earth leads policeman Vic Gayle to a war between rival gangs over possession of a remote excavation site. Something is coming through. Something linked to the visions of Chloe's orphans, and Vic Gayle's murder investigation. Something that will challenge the limits of the Jackaroo's benevolence ...
Download or read book Into Everywhere written by Paul McAuley and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jackaroo, those enigmatic aliens who claim to have come to help, gave humanity access to worlds littered with ruins and scraps of technology left by long-dead client races. But although people have found new uses for alien technology, that technology may have found its own uses for people. The dissolute scion of a powerful merchant family, and a woman living in seclusion with only her dog and her demons for company, have become infected by a copies of a powerful chunk of alien code. Driven to discover what it wants from them, they become caught up in a conflict between a policeman allied to the Jackaroo and the laminated brain of a scientific wizard, and a mystery that spans light years and centuries. Humanity is about to discover why the Jackaroo came to help us, and how that help is shaping the end of human history.
Book Synopsis Can We Save the Tiger? by : Martin Jenkins
Download or read book Can We Save the Tiger? written by Martin Jenkins and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stunningly beautiful book as well as an eloquent appeal and a consciousness raiser.” — The Horn Book Tigers, ground iguanas, partula snails, and even white-rumped vultures are in danger of disappearing altogether. Using the experiences of a few endangered species as examples, Martin Jenkins highlights the ways human behavior can either threaten or conserve the amazing animals that share our planet. Vicky White’s stunning portraits of rare creatures offer a glimpse of nature’s grace and beauty — and give us a powerful reason to preserve it.
Download or read book The Aeroplane written by and published by . This book was released on 1958-07 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Petticoat Gang written by Gary Gregor and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young, beautiful and deadly, best friends Amber, Ebony and Anna are on a mission to leave a past littered with tragedy behind them. With a determination spurred by the promise of a future free of financial hardship, they travel to Alice Springs, in the heart of the Australian continent, to rob banks and kill their way to a better life. Their plan is bold, daring, and meticulously executed; what could go wrong? As the body count rises fast, Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case. They pursue the three desperate, determined women north, first on the famous Ghan passenger train packed with tourists and heading to Darwin, then across rough, isolated, outback roads. This was never going to be easy. Foley and Rose find themselves in a frantic chase to catch the killers and save lives - including their own - but can they catch them before more innocent people become victims of the Petticoat Gang?
Book Synopsis The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 by : Steven Gould
Download or read book The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 written by Steven Gould and published by AudioText. This book was released on 2010-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre. In “Erosion,” by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying Earth. In “As Women Fight,” by Sara Genge, a hunter, in a society of body-switchers, has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife’s body. In “A Story, with Beans,” by Steven Gould, the role of religion in a dystopian future plagued with metal-eating bugs is considered. In “Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance,” by John Kessel, a monk, in the far future, steals the only copy of a set of plays from a repressive regime and uses this loot to free his people. In “On the Human Plan,” by Jay Lake, a mysterious alien visits a far-future, dying Earth in search of the death of Death. Set in the Jackaroo sequence, “Crimes and Glory,” by Paul McAuley, a detective chases a thief to recover alien technology that both aliens and humanity are desperate to recover. Set in the Lovecraftian “Boojum” universe, “Mongoose” by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, a vermin hunter and his tentacled assistant come on board a space station to hunt toves and raths. In “Before My Last Breath,” by Robert Reed, a geologist discovers a strange fossil in a coal mine that leads to the discovery of a peculiar graveyard. In the Hugo Award winning novelette “The Island,” by Peter Watts, a woman on a spaceship must decide whether to place a stargate near an alien society that will ultimately destroy it. Finally, “This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe,” by Robert Charles Wilson, is an alternate American Civil War history in which the war was never fought, slavery gradually disappeared, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin was never published.
Book Synopsis Foley & Rose Mysteries Collection - Books 1-4 by : Gary Gregor
Download or read book Foley & Rose Mysteries Collection - Books 1-4 written by Gary Gregor and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first four books in Gary Gregor's 'Foley & Rose', a series of Australian crime mysteries, now in one volume! Vengeance List: In steamy Darwin, a cop is brutally murdered at the police headquarters, followed by the savage killings of members of the legal fraternity. Lead homicide investigator Russell Foley struggles to connect the dots and confronts his own demons, while former detective and private investigator Sam Rose is hired to investigate in secret. Can Foley and Rose put their differences aside to catch the killer before more victims fall? Lasseter's Cave: In the heart of the treacherous Australian outback, a renowned neurosurgeon and his family are brutally killed, their bodies left to decay in the unforgiving wilderness. Detectives Russell Foley and Sam Rose are tasked with solving the heinous crime, venturing deep into the fabled Harold Lasseter region in search of answers. But as they delve deeper, they must confront the possibility of Gold Fever, a demented killer, or something far more sinister at play. Will Foley and Rose uncover the truth before it's too late? Bones In The Well: In the unforgiving expanse of the Australian Outback, Major Crime Investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are tasked with investigating the skeletal remains of multiple young women found in a decrepit well. With reports of missing backpackers in the area, the detectives race against the clock to find the perpetrator before another victim meets a similar fate. But as they traverse the vast and unforgiving landscape, can they uncover the killer's identity and bring them to justice before it's too late? The Petticoat Gang: Three young women, Amber, Ebony, and Anna, set out on a deadly mission to leave their tragic past behind and make a better life for themselves. Their plan is to rob banks and kill their way to financial freedom in the heart of Australia. But as the body count rises, Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are on their trail, chasing the trio through the outback on a frantic mission to catch them before they strike again. Can Foley and Rose stop the Petticoat Gang before more innocent lives are lost?
Book Synopsis Campervan Kama Sutra by : John Perrier
Download or read book Campervan Kama Sutra written by John Perrier and published by JP Publishing Australia. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story tells of one family’s hilarious journey through Australia’s rugged outback countryside. Our intrepid adventurers work their way through numerous mishaps, including, but not limited to, an ill-advised river crossing, an inappropriately packed roof rack and some truly horrible singing. During their journey they stumble across a motley assortment of characters such as a confused check-in clerk, a grey nomad with an eye for detail regarding torches, and several Crazy Germans. While reading Campervan Kama Sutra, you’ll not only fall in love with Australia’s vast, ever-changing countryside, but you’ll also delight in the tragicomedy that arrives with unerring regularity. You’ll laugh until something hurts. *P.S. There was no dog.
Download or read book Kututu written by Olivia Osborn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life on a cattle station in Australia's unforgiving Northern Territory is rough. The extreme heat, humidity, insects, dust, isolation, and predators forge impenetrable bonds among those who can survive here. The people are just as hardened--and just as unforgiving--as the wild lands they fight to tame. In 1987, Clare Daine, a schoolteacher from Melbourne, takes up the job of governess to identical triplets at the Opium Creek station. She's shocked to discover that the "homestead" is little more than an old tin shed with limited electricity. Her employer, Jack Marlow, a narcissistic alcoholic, is extremely demanding, and the other men of the station are as raw around the edges as the station itself. Three years before Clare's arrival, the triplets' mother, Lily, disappeared during a brutal wet-season storm. Now, doubt has left the close-knit community nervous, suspicious, and aggrieved. When Wanatjiti, Lily's renegade stallion, returns, old wounds are opened, and unanswered questions rise again. Ngunintja, the triplets' grandmother, has her own theories about what really happened during that fateful storm. And now nightmares tear Clare's sleep apart. Her dedication to the children is the only thing that keeps her from fleeing the horrors of this life. Slowly, she comes to understand the love-hate relationship they all share with each other and with the land itself. Clare's single-minded determination to discover the truth behind Lily's disappearance puts her own safety at risk. How far will she go to solve the mystery?
Book Synopsis The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection by : Gardner Dozois
Download or read book The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology marks the 29th edition of the award-winning annual compilationof the year's best science fiction stories.
Book Synopsis Foley & Rose Collection by : Gary Gregor
Download or read book Foley & Rose Collection written by Gary Gregor and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 2275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All seven books in Gary Gregor's 'Foley & Rose', a series of Australian crime novels, now in one volume! Vengeance List: After a cop is brutally killed at the police headquarters in steamy Darwin, right under the noses of his colleagues, lead homicide investigator Russell Foley is assigned to the case. More murders soon follow, leaving investigating officers baffled. Meanwhile, Sam Rose - private investigator, former police detective and one-time best friend of Russell Foley - is hired to covertly investigate the killings. Can Russell and Sam put their past differences aside, and catch the killer before he claims another victim? Lasseter's Cave: It's desolate and dangerous, and about as deep into the infamous Australian outback as anyone would dare to venture. An eminent neurosurgeon and his family are shot dead, their bodies left to the ravages of the desert sun. Detective Inspector Russell Foley and his best friend, Detective Sergeant Sam Rose, are sent into the heart of the legendary Harold Lasseter, "Lost Reef of Gold" country, to investigate the brutal murders. But is it Gold Fever, the twisted mind of a deranged killer protecting that which he believes is his... or something else entirely? Bones In The Well: Skeletal remains of several young women have been discovered in the bottom of a long-abandoned well, and Major Crime Investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case. They soon learn a number of young backpackers have been reported missing in the area. As yet another young girl is reported missing, Foley and Rose find themselves in a race against time to find her before she becomes another victim at the bottom of the well. The Petticoat Gang: Young, beautiful and deadly, best friends Amber, Ebony and Anna are on a mission to leave a past littered with tragedy behind them. Spurred by the promise of a future free of financial hardship, they travel to Alice Springs to rob banks and kill their way to a better life. Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case, and they pursue the three desperate, determined women north. In a frantic chase to catch the killers and save lives, can they prevent more people from becoming victims of the Petticoat Gang? Safe House: An undercover Federal Police Officer, two Mexican assassins and Australian hitmen on Harleys all seem to be involved in Foley & Rose's next case. Jackson Traynor worked deep undercover for years, gaining the trust of the Australian arm of a drug syndicate. Now, he has enough evidence to send a lot of people to prison for a long time. The authorities place Traynor to Witness Protection, and Northern Territory Major Crime Detectives Russell Foley and Sam Rose are sent from Alice Springs to escort Traynor. Snatched!: An abandoned military training base hidden in the middle of the Australian outback. A school teacher and her class, kidnapped in broad daylight. A ransom demand of two million dollars, three former Australian Army commandos, and a desperate, corrupt politician. Major crime detectives Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to find the hostages, bring them home safe and sound, and capture the kidnappers in the process. But can they find the teacher and her class before the kidnappers carry out their threat and kill them all? Desert Demon: Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are on the hunt again. This time their prey is using the remote Aussie Outback as a hiding place and killing innocent holidaymakers near some of the Territory’s popular tourist attractions. Boxed in the iconic Kata Tjuta, the killer seems prepared to go to any lengths in order to make his way out. And this time, Sam's girlfriend's life is also on the line. But will she become another one of the killer's victims, and can Foley & Rose survive the inevitable final confrontation with the killer?
Download or read book Oyster written by Janette Turner Hospital and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The awful secrets kept by the residents of the remote Australian town of Outer Maroo are finally revealed when a couple arrives searching for their children who have become followers of Oyster, a sinister, fanatical cult leader.
Book Synopsis Down Under with the Prince by : Everard Cotes
Download or read book Down Under with the Prince written by Everard Cotes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to be a gangway to the Renown for the reader who would travel by battle-cruiser, by train, on horseback, by motor, and on foot, the forty-five thousand miles of his Australasian tour with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. It is built by one who traveled, as a correspondent, with him all the way.
