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Jenny Kroonstuiver
Wally Murdoch, a sandalwood cutter, decides to abandon the camping life and move his small family to the remote town of Ora Banda. It is 1920 and the Western Australian…
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When recently widowed Felicity Barclay made a spur-of-the moment decision to apply for a waitressing position at Wolfram Camp, a remote north Queensland mining town she had never heard of…
Australian-born to Yugoslav parents, Jean Zuvela was among the pioneers who established a Lime Kiln community east of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia, in the 1920s. Her remarkable story, told in…
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‘They Came to Glengallan’ traces the heritage of the eight families, including the Lees and Pointons, who were closely involved in the settlement of the Kilcoy region, Darling Downs and…
'Glengallan' follows eight families who arrived from Britain in the mid 19C and were involved in the pastoral industry and early politics of Queensland. Generations later mothercraft nurse Ruth Lee…
For Bluey and Molly Turner, 1901 brings a baby and a hotel and a painting in the tiny mining town of Trafalgar. They are thrust into the turbulent lifestyle of…
Jenny Kroonstuiver has lived and worked in most states of Australia, predominantly in remote areas, from the pastoral industry in Western Australia, to Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, to…
Bill and Beat Swann married in Hillston in 1926. Battling farmers during the twentieth century, their story is one of true resilience. They were descended from pioneers who established Australia’s…
A forgotten memory chest and an exquisite china bell are found underneath the floorboards of a recently demolished house. The search for the owners leads Susan Robinson to Katja, a…
Lina Graebner
This inspiring story follows four women who endured starvation and loss as they ran from Russian Communism in WW II. Lina tells of narrow escapes as they fled each country…
Eric Swann
Eric Swann was a talented pastoralist in outback Australia. In Before the West he describes his childhood in western NSW. The story then moves to western Queensland where he spent…
