Cattle Australia : the story, the icons, the drives, the big runs
Bell, Kathrine2009
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Packed with fascinating information about the history of cattle in Australia, this book includes an in-depth description and history of the Cattle Tracks; cattle breeds today; biographies of cattle pioneers; exciting stories of cattle round-ups; cattle songs and poems - and more!
Main title:
Cattle Australia : the story, the icons, the drives, the big runs / historical and bibliographical text by Katherine Bell ; with first hand nineteenth century accounts by O. Sawyer ... [et al.] ; and illustrated with paintings by Michelle Holmes ; poems by A.B. Banjo Paterson ... [et al.] ; contemporary photographs by Geoff Higgins.
Imprint:
Belrose West, N.S.W. : Murray David Pub. ; Smithfield, N.S.W. : in association with Gary Allen, 2009.
Collation:
224 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Audience:
General.
Contents:
Cattle from the First Fleet to the present - Sir Sidney Kidman - Cattle stories from the nineteenth century - Geoff Higgins photo gallery - Traditional songs and poems of the cattlemen.
ISBN:
9781877009167 (hardback)
Dewey class:
636.20994
Local class:
636.209
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3806
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 636.209 CAT | Available |