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Published by Crawford House Publishing, 1998
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 200 pp. This is the true story of Bob Lunney, who, as a seventeen-year-old, joined a droving team on one of the last epic long-distance cattle drives in Australia, when road-trains were beginning to make such treks obsolete. The story is drawn from notes scribbled in an old exercise book during the trip. The tale begins at Elliot, a store, police station and scattering of houses about 400 miles south of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Lunney was on his way to Tennant Creek from Darwin, having been lured by the prospect of big money in the goldmines. He had hoped to save enough money in a few months to pay for his training as a pilot. But when the bus on which he was travelling stopped for a meal break, he met Les and Sandy Little. The Little brothers were drovers on their way up the Murranji Track to Willeroo Station , 299 miles north-east of Elliot. There they would pick up cattle to be driven to Queensland. Convinced by the Littles that the wild lifestyle of the Tennant Creek miners would separate him from his money faster than he could earn it, and inspired by the epic film The Overlanders, starring Chips Rafferty, the starry-eyed Lunney impulsively agreed to join the brothers. He was to find that life as a drover was a lot less comfortable and romantic than watching a movie. What followed was a grinding round trip of 920 miles, 290 miles from Elliot to Willeroo up the Murranji, then 630 miles back down the track and across to Rocklands , near Camooweal, Queensland. The cattle averaged only 8 miles a day for the journey, at only 6 miles a day during the first half. Lunney learnt within two days that he was neither the horseman nor the fighter that he thought he was, and the journey became a rite of passage, during which he grew up through bitter experience. This story is not a bald recitation of facts, figures and distances, or a monotonous travelogue, or a litany of topography, botany, statistics, agronomy, geology and animal husbandry, though it contains elements of all of these. Rather, it is the well-told tale of a true-life adventure, with all of the classic elements of drama, conflict, danger, humour and pathos, as seen through the eyes of the youthful Lunney. The story is also uniquely Australian, and tells of a lifestyle which is now only part of our memory. Lunney says that although he does not regret having made the journey which helped mould him from boy to man, it was his first such trip and definitely his last.
Published by (Dubbo, R. Abbott, 1988)., 1988
8vo; pp. vi, 96; numerous b/w illustrations; stiff illustrated wrapper; sticker on front endpaper, wrapper slightly faded, a good copy.
Published by R. Abbott, Australia, 1989
ISBN 10: 0731659244ISBN 13: 9780731659241
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Gardoll, Diane (illustrator). First Edition. "The yarns take you from the hunting camps near the South Alligator River in the Northern Territory in 1953, to Darwin, then south via Port Keats and Katherine to Alice Springs". 180gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages.
Published by Angus Robertson, 2000
ISBN 10: 020719937XISBN 13: 9780207199370
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Reader's Digest, Australia, 2007
ISBN 10: 1921344040ISBN 13: 9781921344046
Seller: Leura Books, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Book
Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Very Good. Fifteen Hundred down the Murranji; Pieces of Blue. 303 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; ISBN/EAN: 9781921344046. Inventory No: 266576.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Australia, 2000
ISBN 10: 020719937XISBN 13: 9780207199370
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. Some browning and marks on page edges.
Published by Readers Digest Australia, Australia, 2007
ISBN 10: 1921344040ISBN 13: 9781921344046
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The book is a little worn. 303 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 2000
Seller: Coast Market Books, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Long before Crocodile Dundee, Bob Lunney was traipsing around the wilderness at the Top End of Australia. Spotting to endpapers.
Published by Crawford House, Adelaide, 1998
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Reprint ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, crease fore-edge front cover, light crease cover near spine, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 200 pp. Bob Lunney provides a well-told tale of a true-life adventure full of drama, conflict, danger, humour and pathos. He begins his story in 1956, when he was 17 years old, and joined a droving team on one of the last epic long-distance cattle drives in Australia, when road-trains were beginning to make such treks obsolete. The story is drawn from notes scribbled in an old exercise book during the trip.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Pymble NSW, 2000
ISBN 10: 020719937XISBN 13: 9780207199370
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.
Published by Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, 1996
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st ed. A tidy copy in tight binding.
Published by Crawford House, Bathurst, 1997
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: Berry Books, Berry, NSW, Australia
Book
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australiana; ISBN: 1863331417. ISBN/EAN: 9781863331418. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22695.
Published by Reader's Digest, Ultimo NSW
ISBN 10: 1921344040ISBN 13: 9781921344046
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Condensed edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page.Two condensed book editions in one volume. Fifteen Hundred Down the Murranji by Bob Lunney.In 1956, seventeen-year-old Bob Lunney joined a droving team on one of the last epic long-distance cattle drive in Australian history. This book is drawn from the notes he scribbled during the trip. It was a grinding round trip of 920 miles, 290 miles from Elliot, south of Darwin to Wileroo up the Murranji, then 630 miles back down the track and across to Rocklands near Camnooweal, Queensland. Pieces of Blue by Kerry McGinnis.At the age of six, Kerry McGinnis loses her mother. Her father, left with four young children to raise, gathers up his family and leaves the city to go droving. The McGinnis clan travels the continent for the next fifteen years, droving, horse breaking and living off the land. Kerry grows up in the harsh outback, and her closest friends are the animals that inhabit the land. With the memory of her absent mother ever-present, Kerry begins her difficult journey into young womanhood.
Published by Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, NSW -, 1997
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
Book
softcover, 13½cms x 21½cms 200 pages The writer was on one of the last long-distance cattle drives in Australia in the days before road trains made such treks obsolete. He fell in with Les & Sandy Little on a grinding round trip of 920 miles from Elliott in the Northern Territory to 'Willeroo' up the Murranji, then 630 miles back down the track and across to Camooweal in Queensland. He found the drover's life a lot less comfortable and romantic than watching Chips Rafferty in 'The Overlanders'. Book in VERY GOOD condition.
Published by Crawford House Press., Australia, 1997
ISBN 10: 1863331417ISBN 13: 9781863331418
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 200 pages. A nice clean, straight, unmarked book, appears unread.
Published by Reader's Digest, 1999
ISBN 10: 1921344067ISBN 13: 9781921344060
Seller: Bookies books, Boyanup, WA, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Book conditions for volume 1 & volume 2. Fine condition. Text body clean. Spine intact. Book block clean all sides. Book boards clean front and back. Dust jacket in both books no tears. Overall an excellent and neat copies of books. Extra charges for oversea postage as the books weight is over 500grams. See photos for synopsis and more information on book.