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'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)
A Bunch of Strays : A Novel of the Outback
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.
Crocodile Dreaming : The Sequel to A Bunch of Strays
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)
