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Horrie The Wog-Dog: The Original Tail by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
'The true story of Horrie the Wog-Dog who was adopted by the Australian Signal Platoon of the M/G Battalion, in spite of all rules against keeping pets, and how Horrie not only won his stripes as a valuable addition to the group but had the further distinction of being smuggled into Australia on their r ...Show more
Lasseter's Last Ride - An Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Reference
With Foreword by Herbert Basedow, M.D., B.Sc., author of The Australian Aboriginal, extracts from Lasseter's Diary and Letters and photographs of the 1930 Expedition. Morning Post (London) - "Perhaps the greatest of Australia's real life epics." Otago Daily Times (NZ) - "One almost finds it difficult ...Show more
Nemarluk by Idriess, Ion
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders. This is the story of the last three years of his life, and his extraordinary battle with the tracker, Bul-Bul, brought in by the Northern Territory police in a final desperate att ...Show more
Prospecting for Gold by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: General
The classic self-help manual for would-be prospectors of gold in Australia.
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
The Desert Column by Ion Idriess
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
One of the most popular accounts by an Australian veteran of WWI--written entirely from the private soldier's point of view. "One hundred years after the charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba in October 1917... The Desert Column is based on the diaries that he kept through out the war. Pu ...Show more
The Desert Column: Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai andPalestine during World War One by Ion Idriess
$34.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine during WW1 The Desert Column is based on the diaries that Idriess kept throughout the war. Published in 1932, it is one of Idriess' earliest works. Harry Chauvel noted in the foreword that it was the only book of the c ...Show more
The Red Chief by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: Indigenous
The Aboriginal legend of the Red Kangaroo, Cumbo Gunerah (1680-1745), who as a result of his bravery becomes leader of the Gunnedah tribe. The story originated from Stan Ewing's diary who spoke to King Bungaree (1780-1830), the last Aboriginal chief of the Gunnedah tribe in New South Wales.
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