The Jackaroo
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The Jackaroo
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Author : Owen Genty
language : en
Publisher: Owen Genty
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Jackaroo written by Owen Genty and has been published by Owen Genty this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Cloncurry Region (Qld.) categories.
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.
The Jackaroo Outback Tales Of A 10 Pom
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Author : Roger Coote
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-08
The Jackaroo Outback Tales Of A 10 Pom written by Roger Coote and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The ten pound pom' was the description of those people who emigrated to Australia from Britain between 1945 to 1972. Government Assisted Passage Scheme devised by British and Australian government.Australian government subsidised the fare to only £10 paid by the immigrant. '£10 Pom' was born.This is the personal memoir of one of these '£10 pound Poms '. His history, the reason for the journey and life in the outback is set down in this book in an informative and interesting way.Included in these memoirs are snippets of living conditions and attitudes. Songs and tales of life. Personal struggles. Interesting information of the layout and job allocation. Risks of the job are many including the fauna and flora dangers that must not be overlooked. Tales of the outback and also tales of the locals and the passions and temperaments of the many interesting characters found in this wild but beautiful country. Enjoy this wonderful tale and dream of the life under the southern skies!
The Jackaroo
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Author : Gary Chaloner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Jackaroo written by Gary Chaloner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Adventure story comic books, strips, etc categories.
Jackaroo
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Author : Cynthia Voigt
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1985
Jackaroo written by Cynthia Voigt and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Adventure stories categories.
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.
Jackaroo
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Author : Michael Thornton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Release Date : 2012
Jackaroo written by Michael Thornton and has been published by Penguin Group Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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
Bloody Jackaroos
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Author : John Gilfoyle
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2009
Bloody Jackaroos written by John Gilfoyle and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book will take you on a hair-raising journey from the 1929 to 2005, from horse and carts to helicopters, and across the country from the Conondale Ranges around Kilcoy to Cloncurry and the Kimberley, form Moree to Mt Isa, and from the Murray River through the Channel Country and up to the Barkly Tableland. Along the way you'll find rough horses, plenty of spills, battered vehicles, rum drinkers.
Something Coming Through
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Author : Paul McAuley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-19
Something Coming Through written by Paul McAuley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-19 with Fiction categories.
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 ...
Something Happened Here But We Re Not Quite Sure What It Was
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Author : Paul McAuley
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-07-20
Something Happened Here But We Re Not Quite Sure What It Was written by Paul McAuley and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-20 with Fiction categories.
Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was by Paul McAuley is a complex sf story about politics and xenophobia when human colonists on an Earth-like planet are faced with the possibility of reaching out to alien cultures, especially when a big organization that has previously done harm is in charge of the operation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Into Everywhere
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Author : Paul McAuley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Into Everywhere written by Paul McAuley and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with Fiction categories.
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.
Campervan Kama Sutra
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Author : John Perrier
language : en
Publisher: JP Publishing Australia
Release Date : 2015-02-10
Campervan Kama Sutra written by John Perrier and has been published by JP Publishing Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-10 with Travel categories.
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.