Marie Mahood Marie Mahood i(A6457 works by)
Born: Established: 9 May 1926 ; Died: Ceased: 9 Mar 2009 Central Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Last Dry Creek Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2005 Z1221408 2005 single work novel

'The story continues the fortunes of the two families of rural battlers, one white and one aboriginal. Their children have grown to be adults and they must now cross the last dry creek. This is Marie Mahood’s metaphor for the calamitous Beef Depression of the seventies.

Well-known author, Tom Ronan, once said “It’s a tough country, where only the best of us come out even.” Marie’s two families of battlers, the Hardys and the Nelsons, come out even.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Jody's Journal Marie Mahood , Southport : Central Queensland University Press , 2004 Z1171280 2004 single work children's fiction children's adventure The first term at boarding school in Queensland is a new experience for Jody, Billy and Robert. They invite their friends, the twins Jennifer and Doug, home for the holidays. - Back cover
1 y separately published work icon Legends of the Outback Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2002 Z1205928 2002 selected work biography

'Heroes, visionaries and eccentrics…

'Outback writer Marie Mahood is the author of the much loved Icing on the Damper and A Bunch of Strays. In the 1960’s she raised cattle and kids on the world’s most remote cattle station, Mongrel Downs, in the Tanami Desert.

'Here she writes about the heroes, visionaries and eccentrics of Australia’s vast outback. Her thirty-two characters include the greatest drover and Gulf trekker of them all, Nat Buchanan: prince of poddy-dodgers Harry Redford; the cattle king Sidney Kidman; outback surveyor supreme and all-round good bloke Len Beadell; Aboriginal warrior Jandamarra; Mat Wilson at the N.T. Depot store; gun shearer Jackie Howe; drover Edna Zigenbine on the Murranji Track; explorer and goldmine Christy Palmerston in the heartland of Cape York Peninsula; eccentrics such as the Gulf Hero and the Barkly Hermit; and drovers who were also painters and poets of repute.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Crocodile Dreaming : The Sequel to A Bunch of Strays Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1999 Z538547 1999 single work novel 'A one-armed Aboriginal boy and his foster-parents fight for the suvival of their Arnhem Land cattle station. The adventurous sequel to the bestselling "A Bunch of Strays", from the Outback author who gave us "Icing on the Damper", set in the Tanami Desert.' (Publication summary)

 
1 y separately published work icon Still Bleating about the Bush Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1997 Z1171325 1997 selected work short story
1 1 y separately published work icon The Nut Milk Chocolate Gang Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1997 Z1171322 1997 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'A tale of bush kids and drug runners. Marie Mahoods first best selling childrens book set on a cattle station in the Tanami Desert. intrigue, suspense and bushcraft. For kids who love horses!' (Publisher's blurb)
1 In Australia Cowboys Milk Cows Marie Mahood , 1996 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Author , Spring vol. 28 no. 2 1996; (p. 7)
1 Serendipity Marie Mahood , 1996 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon A Bunch of Strays : A Novel of the Outback Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1996 Z446584 1996 single work novel Set in Kimberley region of Western Australia, this novel is about the battle to establish a cattle station.
1 5 y separately published work icon Icing on the Damper : Life Story of a Family in the Outback Marie Mahood , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1995 Z1095034 1995 single work autobiography Icing on the Damper tells the story of the Mahoods who pioneered Australia's most remote cattle station, Mongrel Downs in the Tanami Desert, hundreds of miles north-west of Alice Springs.
1 y separately published work icon Back at Sundown Marie Mahood , North Richmond : National Farmer , 1987 Z1171316 1987 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Bleating about the Bush Marie Mahood , Cherrybrook : Sterling Publications , 1985 Z1171319 1985 selected work short story
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