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Author Hood, Col.

Title Droving down the Cooper : a Saddlemaker's Yarns.

Publication Info. Sydney : Rosenberg Pub., 2010.
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Contents DEDICATION; CONTENTS; Introduction; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Droving down the Cooper; CHAPTER 2: Horse mad; CHAPTER 3: 'Let's go bush'; CHAPTER 4: The Long Paddock; CHAPTER 5: Kidman country; CHAPTER 6: Up the Paroo; CHAPTER 7: Great weather for ducks; CHAPTER 8: City cowboy; CHAPTER 9: A new lifestyle; CHAPTER 10: Ned Kelly country; CHAPTER 11: Born lucky; Epilogue; Index.
Summary 'Let's go bush' These laconic words were to spark the beginning of a journey for two adventurous city kids under the spell of Banjo Paterson, and his tales of horses and men in the Australian outback. So this yarn unfolds. In his introduction to this book, Col invites the reader to 'ride stirrup to stirrup' with him while he tells his stories. Mad if you don't. Their adventures take place at a time when Australia was very much in transition --having got TV, Olympic Games, rock 'n' roll, and going truly urban. It is a period that also pretty well marks the end of a distinct chapter of the postwa.
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Subject Hood, Col -- Travel -- Australia.
Drovers -- Australia -- Biography.
Drovers.
Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Droving -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
Men -- Australia -- Biography.
Men.
Saddlery -- Australia.
Saddlery.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Men.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.
Other Form: Print version: Hood, Col. Droving down the Cooper : A Saddlemaker's Yarns. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2010 9781877058950
ISBN 9781921719325 (electronic book)
192171932X (electronic book)

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