Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Memoirs of Mixed Fortunes : Samuel Joseph Stuckey, a Pioneer of the North and South East of South Australia, 1837-1912
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'In 1837, mere months after proclamation, Samuel Joseph Stuckey was born in the state of South Australia. Despite evidence to the contrary, he would claim to be the first native-born South Australian for the rest of his life, and his fortunes would mirror those of the fledgling state.

Edited and annotated by his great-granddaughter Mary Louise Simpson, Stuckey's memoirs chart his failures and successes first hand. He explains his role in the Burke and Wills tragedy; the trials of opening up new grazing lands in the inhospitable north; and expeditions to British India (now Pakistan) to buy camels for use in the outback.

However, no event would have such an impact - nor be so remembered - as the moment in 1864 when he shot and killed an Aboriginal man named Pompey. His reasons for this action, and the events that followed it, form the focal point of a fascinating account of early colonial life.' (Wakefield Press)

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    • Mile End, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2014 .
      Extent: 101p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9781743053355

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Outback Fortunes Laid Bare Tim Lloyd , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 October 2014; (p. 53)
Outback Fortunes Laid Bare Tim Lloyd , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 October 2014; (p. 53)
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