y separately published work icon An Outback Life single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 An Outback Life
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'All I could think of as my heart thumped in my chest and the rumble of 900 stampeding buffalo rocked my vehicle was, 'Strewth! Am I in trouble now!' In An Outback Life, Mary Groves describes the heart-breaking isolation, the hard work and the rises and falls in her family fortunes as they battle to survive in the Top End. Mary was just 14 when her family moved to the Northern Territory from Melbourne. In her early 20s, she met Joe Groves - a cattleman, horse breaker, drover and rodeo rider. Mary and Joe fell in love and raised four children while leading an exciting and challenging life on an array of cattle stations. During her 40 years in the outback, Mary faced death, disaster and disappointments with remarkable resilience and stoicism. She learned to operate helicopters, cattle trucks and anything else it took to help keep her family afloat, proving that if you want something badly enough you need tenacity, perseverance and - most importantly - a sense of humour. An earthy tale of love, hope, loss and survival in the outback, Mary tells her story at a lively pace, with one entertaining yarn after another' (publisher website).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
      Extent: xxiii, 319 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus. (some col.), 1 map, ports.
      ISBN: 9781742377056 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Unititled Adair Jones , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25-26 June 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of An Outback Life Mary Groves , 2011 single work autobiography
Unititled Adair Jones , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25-26 June 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of An Outback Life Mary Groves , 2011 single work autobiography
Last amended 27 Jun 2011 13:53:07
Subjects:
  • Northern Territory,
  • ca. 1960-2000
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