Marion Houldsworth Marion Houldsworth i(A86824 works by)
Born: Established: Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Barefoot through the Bindies : Growing up in North Queensland in the Early 1900s Marion Houldsworth , Brisbane : Boolarong Press , 2012 25554542 2012 single work biography 'Growing up in North Queensland in the early 1900's. Australian children of this new millennium takes for granted a lofestyle that includes videos, T.V. Soapies, DVD¿s, computer games. But the children of a hundred years ago, the Federation era, had a different set of expectations. They walked barefoot through the bindies to school. Their homes were barkhuts with ant-beds for floors. they harnessed their billy-goat carts to fetch wood and water. This earlier generation of North Queenslanders lived with floods and droughts. They knew grinding poverty and they knew hard work, but they were proud of their independence and self-reliance and their resilience.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Maybe It'll Rain Tomorrow Marion Houldsworth , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2007 Z1447453 2007 selected work biography 'The 21 stories in this often amusing and always educational survey or the Australian outback provide an informed insight into the lives of Australians who live and work in that vast area. It is not just about northern Australia. It shows how many of those working on the land feel about their traditions and responsibilities.'
(Source: The Canberra Times (Panorama) 24 November 2007 p.18)
1 From the Gulf to God Knows Where: Living in Australia's Outback Marion Houldsworth , 2006 series - author biography
1 y separately published work icon From the Gulf to God Knows Where Marion Houldsworth , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2006 Z1340483 2006 selected work biography
1 The Cay Marion Houldsworth , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Travellers' Tales : Best Stories Under the Sun, Volume 2 2005; (p. 153-155)
1 y separately published work icon Red Dust Rising : The Story of Ray Fryer of Urapunga Marion Houldsworth , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2004 Z1174335 2004 single work biography

'This is the inspiring story of a northern cattleman who built up the Urapunga cattle station from nothing. From the 1950s to the 1990s, he lived rough and worked hard. He worked closely with the tribal Aborigines, made Urapunga a dry station, coped with the many crocodiles in the Roper River, fought against cattle diseases, hunted buffalo, built himself a homestead and survived.' (Publication summary)
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