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- Book Title
- Wild History : Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier
- ISBN
- 9781921867262
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- Wild History : Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Industries / Agribusiness, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Australia & New Zealand
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 344 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
ISBN-10
1921867264
ISBN-13
9781921867262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112941801
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Wild History : Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier
Subject
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Industries / Agribusiness, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Australia & New Zealand
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
994.295
Table Of Content
Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Victoria River Country: Land and People 2. First Contact 3. The Advance Scouts of Settlement 4. The Coming of the Cattle 5. Unquiet Times 6. Jasper Gorge 7. Captain Joe's Bradshaw 8. The Wild Wardaman Warriors 9. The Victoria River Sheep Saga 10. Hard-Riding Individualists 11. The Nest of Reputed Thieves Epilogue Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The frontiersmen who came to the Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory included cattle and horse thieves, outlaws, capitalists, dreamers, drunks, madmen and others, from the explorers of the 1830s and 1850s to the founders of the big stations in the 1880s and 1890s, and the cattle duffers in the early 1900s. This book looks at them all. Drawing on painstaking research into obscure and rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first-hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History. 'A gift to the nation', Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian 'A very readable portrait of a genuine frontier ... an isolated outpost whose isolation only really ended in the late 20th century', Steven Carroll, The Age 'An extraordinary inversion of the Australian frontier with which we think we are familiar - and a brilliant piece of mythbusting', Professor Tom Griffiths, Australian National University, In 1883 pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman's paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal people who had lived there for thousands of years., In 1883 white men began to drive great herds of cattle into the Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory, one of the last of Australia's frontiers. They entered a vast and complex tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged ranges. It was a cattlemans paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal people who had lived there for thousands of years. Each side came to see the other as the serpent in the garden that had to be banished. A 20 year war ensued, and ultimately both sides lost the coming of the cattle began the destruction of the paradise for both. The frontiersmen who came to the district included cattle and horse thieves, outlaws, big capitalists, dreamers, drunks, fools, madmen and others. Together they established massive stations of up to 12,000 square miles. This book looks at them all, from the explorers of the 1830s and 1850s to the founders of the big stations in the 1880s and 1890s, and finally the golden era of the cattle thieves in the early 1900s.It looks at the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle complex interactions which produced what truly became, A Wild History. Key audience: Australian history, race relations, cultural studies, plus general audience (really anyone interested in Australian history)., In 1883, pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into the Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman's paradise, but it was also a paradise for the Aboriginal people who had lived there for thousands of years. Each side came to see the other as the serpent in the garden - a serpent that had to be banished - and a 20 year war ensued. The cattlemen won, but it was a pyrrhic victory. The coming of the cattle began the destruction of this paradise for both groups. The frontiersmen who came to the district included cattle and horse thieves, outlaws, capitalists, dreamers, drunks, madmen, and others. Together, they established massive stations of up to 12,000 square miles on the traditional lands of the Wardaman, Nungali, Ngaliwuru, and Karangpurru people. This book examines them all, from the explorers of the 1830s and 1850s, to the founders of the big stations in the 1880s and 1890s, and finally at the 'golden era' of the cattle duffers in the early 1900s. Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first-hand investigations in the region over 35 years, the book pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes, and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History. ***"The book is full of intriguing pictures and strange conversations. Laughter and tears are on every page. The narrative hovers on the edge of the unbelievable: the archival references prove the tale. Bushmen, bagmen, cattle-duffers, cattle-spearers - here they are. A Wild History is a triumph of publishing: the recuperation of a well-buried past." Nicholas Rothwell, The Australian, BEST READS FOR 2012. *** "The way Lewis blends lived experience and living stories is fresh and radical. The writing is polished yet unaffected....with good footnotes and a great bibliography." - Labour History, Number 103, November 2012.Ã?Ã?
LC Classification Number
DU398.V5L49 2015
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