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Australian Adventure
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Author : Anne Clark
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-10-11
Australian Adventure written by Anne Clark and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-11 with History categories.
From August 1965 to February 1968, during his period of service in Australia, Ambassador Edward Clark traveled in that country as no other American and probably few Australians ever have. His wife, Anne Clark, traveled with him, then wrote her observations and impressions to friends and family in the United States. Her letters, published for the first time in this volume, reveal the isolations and involvements as well as the opportunities and the pleasures of embassy life. The etiquette of official functions at times posed problems, as in the Clarks' first black-tie dinner with the Acting Governor General, where Mrs. Clark was supposed to curtsy. "Some Ambassadors feel strongly that the representative of the President of the United States should never bend his knee (or rather his wife's) to any man. Mrs. Battle, wife of our predecessor ... put the question directly to President Kennedy. His answer to her was, 'Curtsy you must, but keep a stiff upper knee.'" Soon, Anne Clark realized that the routine of appearances and entertainments was constant: "I do not know when I will make peace with the schedule. I am a slave to the little black book that is my calendar." In addition to the intricacies of embassy life, the Clarks encountered much that was unfamiliar—new people, almost a new language, new flowers, new animals—even a sky with its new moon upside down. But their warm hospitality and genuine interest in things Australian attracted friends throughout the continent. Figures from the government, the church, the diplomatic circle, and everyday life, plus well-known guests from home, all become known to the reader in this perceptive account of official life from the inside.
The Australian Adventure
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Australian Adventure written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Australia categories.
Irralie S Bushranger
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Author : Ernest William Hornung
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Irralie S Bushranger written by Ernest William Hornung and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Australia categories.
The Australian Adventure Atlas
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Author : Lee Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)
Release Date : 2007
The Australian Adventure Atlas written by Lee Atkinson and has been published by New Holland Australia(AU) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Atlases categories.
"A to Z of adventure activities, national parks and scenic highlights, preparation and safety tips, where to go and how to get there"--Cover.
Six Months Off
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Author : Lamar Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1989
Six Months Off written by Lamar Alexander and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Travel categories.
The Anthology Of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction
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Author : Ken Gelder
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2011
The Anthology Of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction written by Ken Gelder and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction. Squatters defend their hard-earned properties from attack, while floods and other natural disasters threaten to wipe any trace of settlement away. Colonial Australian adventure fiction takes its characters on a journey into remote and unfamiliar territory, often in pursuit of wealth and well-being. But these journeys are invariably fraught with danger, and everything comes at a price. This anthology collects the best examples of colonial Australian adventure fiction, with stories by Ernest Favenc, Louis Becke, Rosa Praed, Guy Boothby, and many others. Also available in this series: The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction
One For The Road
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Author : Tony Horwitz
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2010-08-18
One For The Road written by Tony Horwitz and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-18 with Travel categories.
"A high-spirited, comic ramble into the savage Outback populated by irreverent, beer-guzzling frontiersmen." --Chicago Tribune "A fascinating insight into what we're all about on the highways and byways along the outback track." --The Telegraph (Sydney) Swept off to live in Sydney by his Australian bride, American writer Tony Horwitz longs to explore the exotic reaches of his adopted land. So one day, armed only with a backpack and fantasies of the open road, he hitchhikes off into the awesome emptiness of Australia's outback. What follows is a hilarious, hair-raising ride into the hot red center of a continent so desolate that civilization dwindles to a gas pump and a pub. While the outback's terrain is inhospitable, its scattered inhabitants are anything but. Horwitz entrusts himself to Aborigines, opal diggers, jackeroos, card sharks, and sunstruck wanderers who measure distance in the number of beers consumed en route. Along the way, Horwitz discovers that the outback is as treacherous as it is colorful. Bug-bitten, sunblasted, dust-choked, and bloodied by a near-fatal accident, Horwitz endures seven thousand miles of the world's most forbidding real estate, and some very bizarre personal encounters, as he winds his way to Queensland, Alice Springs, Perth, Darwin--and a hundred bush pubs in between. Horwitz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of two national bestsellers, Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map, is the ideal tour guide for anyone who has ever dreamed of a genuine Australian adventure. "Lively, fast-paced and amusing . . . a consistently interesting and entertaining account." --Kirkus Reviews "Ironical, perceptive and subtle . . . will have readers getting out their maps and itching to follow Horwitz's tracks. . . . The internal journey is his finest achievement; he allows the reader into his heart, to go travelling with him there, sharing his adventures of the spirit." --Sunday Times (London)
An Australian Adventure
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Author : Harry Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 1975
An Australian Adventure written by Harry Griffiths and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Missionaries categories.
Shortcut And Friends
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Author : Donald Hord
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-11-19
Shortcut And Friends written by Donald Hord and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This is a story about Shortcut, a young Aboriginal boy who lives in the Outback of Australia with his animal friends. The Aborigines are native people of Australia who live off the land, hunting wild animals and different plants and roots.
King Of The Outback
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Author : Bill King
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011
King Of The Outback written by Bill King and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The life of the legendary pioneer of outback travel - the man who opened up Australia to adventure travel. A modern - day explorer who took everyday Australians along for the ride.Bill King is the pioneer who put the Australian outback on the map for both local and international tourists. Through an enterprise founded on hope and grit - now operating as AAT Kings - he opened up a completely new branch of Australian tourism. Thousands of Australians have experienced the adventure of a lifetime in Bill's capable hands, often walking in the footsteps of explorers such as Burke and Wills, Leichhardt, Sturt and Stuart.Eccentric drivers, mad passengers and sticky situations abound against the backdrop of the glorious Australian outback. Bill and his tour groups sometimes got lost, bogged or stranded - sometimes even scared out of their wits - but there was always a fierce determination to bring the show back home. Bill never lost a passenger or brought one to harm, though by heck they did sometimes try his monumental patience.