The Aborigine and the Drover
In the 1860s in the Colony of Victoria, Tabu an aborigine goes 'walkabout' after a violent tribal fight during which his brother is killed. He rescues the wife of a drover/farmer - Michael, who is an escaped convict. He hires Tabu to help him drove sheep into the mainly unexplored northern districts of Victoria to the Murray River. Only a few hardy explorers and drovers had previously been through this country when bringing stock overland from Sydney to Melbourne.Their droving encounters many difficulties - crossing several rivers, bushfires, floods, theft of sheep and aborigine conflict. Parallel family stories involve an aboriginal battle,…
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- ISBN: 978-1-921030-97-0
- EAN: 9781921030970
- Produktnummer: 27680554
- Verlag: Sid Harta Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 331
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