Tales From Bush Graves Cloncurry
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Tales From Bush Graves Cloncurry
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Author : Anne Alloway
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2023-01-27
Tales From Bush Graves Cloncurry written by Anne Alloway and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-27 with History categories.
There are many lonely graves and isolated cemeteries scattered throughout the North Western area of Queensland. This book represents only a small gathering of information from a cross-section of outback inhabitants. Northwest Queensland is a very hard, harsh, rugged part of Australia, which has a strange beauty about it. Rocks and Spinifex surround the hills and valleys, with wide open plains and rivers. With fast cars and wide open roads the modern traveller can be forgiven for forgetting the days of the coach routes, and bush tracks that crisscrossed the country. The lonely miners and bush men who opened up much of this beautiful country and the black men who fought to keep the white man out often died and were buried in isolation, with few records accurately kept of their burials. There were literally hundreds of graves in Northwest Queensland some are virtually non-existent after many years of weathering and neglect, almost all lost in history, time and memories. The stories of their passing will be lost if it is not recorded. With the availability of modern technology people don’t have to face the hardships of their forebears who opened up the outback of Australia, faced droughts, floods, fires and being attacked by the local indigenous tribes. Here is a short history of some of those people who travelled the West and didn’t survive. Greg Humphrey
Tales From Bush Graves
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Author : Anne Alloway
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2012
Tales From Bush Graves written by Anne Alloway and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
It will never be known just how many men, women and children have died and lie buried in the bush. Many of the deaths were not registered, and they are known only because the local paper reported on them. It was not the selector who lost his life, but usually men who had no idea how harsh the country could be, and consequently took risks by walking between stations looking for work, most times with very little water, and not much idea of where they were going. Many of the men were suffering from alcohol related problems. Most deaths were caused by fever, accidents, suicide, and murder. The women followed their men, enduring the harsh conditions and sometimes not seeing another white woman for years. They died during child birth, usually the baby died as well. Young children succumbed to the harsh conditions, dying of convulsions, poisoning, and accidents.
Tales From Bush Graves Winton
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Author : Anne Alloway
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2017
Tales From Bush Graves Winton written by Anne Alloway and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Cemeteries categories.
As the country to the north of Australia was being explored and taken up by men from Victoria and New South Wales hoping to make their fortune, other men were making their way out west, also keen to make good. Sesbania was one of the earliest selections taken up by John and James Nisbett. Douglas Harper was working on Sesbania, when he shot himself, whether accidentally or purposely is unknown. He was an Overseer, and died on 12th November, 1878. This is the earliest recorded death in this book. William Russel Myers was a shearer probably working on Manuka, or making his way there. He died from exhaustion and thirst on 3rd December, 1878. George Laxton who was a blacksmith, died at Mills Creek, also from thirst and exhaustion. He was probably walking to the next job, but died on 16th February, 1879, and was buried at Mills Creek, on Manuka. These three were just the beginning of dozens of men, women and children who lost their lives through thirst, exhaustion, accident, fever and murder. This book was written to record their lives and deaths in the Winton area of western Queensland.
Where The Dead Men Lie
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Author : Bruce Forbes Simpson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Where The Dead Men Lie written by Bruce Forbes Simpson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Australia categories.
It is often said that dead men tell no tales but this journey to some of Australia's oldest bush pubs and the graves of settlers in outback stations and on stock routes, revives the spirit of our early pioneers.The stories of a wide range of characters from stockmen to bushrangers give an insight into everyday life in the bush and the perils and dangers that often lead to their untimely death. The legendary drinking places and the antics of the bushmen who inhabited them bring to life memories of times gone by. Bruce Simpson weaves an evocative collection of bush verse - some of it his own - throughout the narrative.
Where The Dead Men Lie
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Author : Bruce Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Where The Dead Men Lie written by Bruce Simpson and has been published by Dogwise Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Australia categories.
"The stories behind the tragic and often untimely deaths of our early pioneers in the bush. Bruce Simpson and photographer Ian Tinney travelled along the old Cobb & Co coach roads and stock routes to the final resting places of some of our earliest settlers. As well as documenting these sites for posterity they visited some of the legendary drinking places, many in ruins, of characters such as bushmen and bushrangers."--Provided by publisher.
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories
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Author : Bill Marsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-25
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories written by Bill Marsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-25 with Australia categories.
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin We're nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust' bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a beat. I went down into the grave like that, hit the coffin and I bounded back out in one big leap. And I'm now standing back up beside the grave, trying not to shake, while I continue with the service: 'Ashes to ashes, dust to dust'. Death doesn't mean the end of memorable stories from the bush. In fact, often it's just the beginning. These tales from police officers, nurses, funeral directors, priests, gravediggers and those left behind, show that bush ingenuity comes to the fore when coping with corpses that won't cooperate or can't be found, bodies that don't stay buried, and weather and wildlife trying to sabotage the best-planned funerals. This memorable and eye-opening collection of real-life accounts of passing away and saying goodbye in the Australian bush is by turns, poignant, bizarre, heartbreaking and hilarious.
Geographic History Of Queensland
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Author : Archibald Meston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Geographic History Of Queensland written by Archibald Meston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Local history categories.
Critical And Miscellaneous Essays By An Octogenarian J Roche
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Author : James Roche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Critical And Miscellaneous Essays By An Octogenarian J Roche written by James Roche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with categories.
Australia S Muslim Cameleers
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Author : Philip Jones
language : en
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Release Date : 2010
Australia S Muslim Cameleers written by Philip Jones and has been published by Wakefield Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia's vast expanses. Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and this new edition contains additions to the biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers.
Angor To Zillmanton
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Author : Colin Hooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Angor To Zillmanton written by Colin Hooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Cities and towns categories.
Encyclopaedic reference to 500 former mining towns and camps in North Queensland. Information, town plans, maps, photos and anecdotal history. Geographical districts, areas and chronological sequence. Thousands of photos, maps.