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Outback Legends of Jack Vitnell from Queensland to the Kimberley. This is a wild, buck-jumping, barroom-brawling kind of book. It sprawls like Australia’s cattle stations through the heat, the dust, the flies and the loneliness of the Top End. It carries you into a world of poddy-dodgers and horse-thieves. It introduces you to Old Smokey, King of the Underworld in the Kimberley, Old Soapie’s Lulu, Walmajari Susie and the savage spears of the munjons. Gun Ringer is a story of the old frontier where the young ringers rode hard and drank hard. A world where Aboriginal ringers were among the best horse-riders there were. A world where there were few white women and the men based their pride on their work with cattle and horses, their ability to fight and their mateship. Their only respite from work was when they went on a bender. In the end many of them succumbed as frail old men to Bosun Rum and a lonely grave.
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The Gun Ringer : Outback Legends of Jack Vitnell from Queensland to the Kimberley.
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Boolarong Press, Salisbury, 2013
ISBN 10: 1922109215
ISBN 13: 9781922109217
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soft cover. No Jacket. 2nd edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 23 cm. 243 pages G. Good condition with light shelf wear to covers, soiling to lower edge of first few pages. Seller Inventory # 53451
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