| Publisher | Random House Australia (Pty) Limited, Vintage Classics |
| Imprint | Vintage |
| First Published by | Constable & Co. |
| Cover photo | Andrew Robinson (2), Wildlight |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Jenny Grigg |
| Indexer | Nancy Sibtain |
| Copyright Holder | M.R. Megaw, J. Miller, Patsy Millett |
| Typeset by | Midland Typesetters |
| Printed by | Griffin Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Australia |
| Copyright | 1959 |
| Republished | 1997 |
| This Edition Published | 2008 |
| Pages / Font | 411 pages |
| Barcode | 9 781741 667592 |
| ISBN | 978-1-74166-759-2 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 994.0099 |
| Chapters | CONTENTS
Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Roots
2 Colonial Background
3 The Golden Years
4 Digging In
5 Land of their Own
6 Goulburn Days
7 Wedding Bells
8 Prophet of the New Colony
9 Of Plans Deferred
10 Exodus
11 A Land Loved by Birds
12 Land of Waiting
13 The Battling Years
14 Turn of the Tide
15 Closer Settlement
16 Eye Witness
17 New Towns in the Wilderness
18 One Thousand Miles to School
19 Western Horizons
20 To Find a River
21 Promised Land
22 Start of the Big Trek
23 The Rule of the Road
24 On to the Territory
25 End of an Epic
26 Meanwhile in Queensland
27 The Golden Year
28 Settling In
29 The Gold and the Grass
30 Nemesis
31 Life and Death in Kimberley
32 Prosperity―at a Price
33 Expanding Boundaries
34 Glimpses of "The Naughty Nineties"
35 Return to Ireland
36 End of an Era
Index CONTENTS
Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Roots
2 Colonial Background
3 The Golden Years
4 Digging In
5 Land of their Own
6 Goulburn Days
7 Wedding Bells
8 Prophet of the New Colony
9 Of Plans Deferred
10 Exodus
11 A Land Loved by Birds
12 Land of Waiting
13 The Battling Years
14 Turn of the Tide
15 Closer Settlement
16 Eye Witness
17 New Towns in the Wilderness
18 One Thousand Miles to School
19 Western Horizons
20 To Find a River
21 Promised Land
22 Start of the Big Trek
23 The Rule of the Road
24 On to the Territory
25 End of an Epic
26 Meanwhile in Queensland
27 The Golden Year
28 Settling In
29 The Gold and the Grass
30 Nemesis
31 Life and Death in Kimberley
32 Prosperity―at a Price
33 Expanding Boundaries
34 Glimpses of "The Naughty Nineties"
35 Return to Ireland
36 End of an Era
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| Notes | A Vintage Book Published by Random House Australia Pty Ltd First published in Great Britain by Constance & Co. [sic] in 1959 First published in Australia by Bantam in 1997 First published by Vintage in 2008 Copyright © 1959 by M.R. Megaw, J. Miller, P. Millett Cover photograph by Andrew Robinson / Wildlight Cover image selection and design by Jenny Grigg Historical photographs courtesy of the Durack family Index by Nancy Sibtain Typeset by Midland Typesetters, Australia Printed and bound by Griffin Press, South Australia |
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