Arabana and the Ghan
Duke, Michael2019
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The Old Ghan was a magnificent feat of engineering, taking steam trains through an arid landscape from Adelaide to the centre of Australia. It was built and ran from 1884 to 1983. On Arabana land from Marree to Oodnadatta, that Aboriginal people helped survey then work upon the railway line. They were fettlers, gangers, locomotive engineers, yardmaster, train inspectors, train cleaners, shunters. They got equal pay from the 1920s, unlike most other Aboriginal people. The railway helped them stay on country, transact traditional business but also leap into modernity.
Main title:
Arabana and the Ghan / by Michael Duke with an introduction by Aaron Stuart.
Author:
Duke, MichaelStuart, Aaron C., writer of introduction
Imprint:
Redland Bay, Qld. : Connor Court Publishing, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
238 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm + 1 sheet map.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781925826289 (paperback)
Dewey class:
625.0994
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
371681
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 625.0994 ARA | Available |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 625.0994 ARA | Available |