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A Wild History: Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier de Darrell Lewis

A Wild History: Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier

Autor Darrell Lewis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2026
The frontiersmen who came to the Victoria River District of Australia s Northern Territory included cattle and horse thieves, outlaws, capitalists, dreamers, drunks, madmen and others, from the explorers of the 1830s and 1850s to the founders of the big stations in the 1880s and 1890s, and the cattle duffers in the early 1900s. This book looks at them all. Drawing on painstaking research into obscure and rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and firsthand investigations conducted in the region over thirtyfive years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History.
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ISBN-13: 9781921867262
ISBN-10: 1921867264
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Monash University Publishing
Colecția Monash University Publishing
Locul publicării:Melbourne, Australia

Recenzii

It is a story with which every Australian should become familiar. -- Henry Reynolds
An extraordinary inversion of the Australian frontier with which we think we are familiar - and a brilliant piece of mythbusting. -- Professor Tom Griffiths, Australian National University
A very readable portrait of a genuine frontier ... an isolated outpost whose isolation only really ended in the late 20th century. -- Steven Carroll, The Age
A gift to the nation. -- Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian

Cuprins

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Victoria River Country: Land and People 2. First Contact 3. The Advance Scouts of Settlement 4. The Coming of the Cattle 5. Unquiet Times 6. Jasper Gorge 7. Captain Joe's Bradshaw 8. The Wild Wardaman Warriors 9. The Victoria River Sheep Saga 10. Hard-Riding Individualists 11. The Nest of Reputed Thieves Epilogue Bibliography Index

Notă biografică

Darrell Lewis is an archaeologist, historian and bushman who has worked in the Outback for more than forty years. He has driven, helicoptered, boated or walked into many remote regions to document historic sites, record natural features and photograph Aboriginal rock art. He has also worked extensively with Aboriginal peoples and other residents in the Northern Territory and elsewhere. His books and articles cover Aboriginal rock art, environmental history, cattle station technology, European exploration and settlement of the Northern Territory. His most recent title is Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Australian History.

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In 1883, pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into the Northern Territory’s Victoria River District. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman’s paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal peoples who had lived there for thousands of years. A twenty-year battle ensued between these two groups, but ultimately both sides lost, as the introduction of cattle began the destruction of the land for both. The settlers who came to the district included cattle and horse thieves, outlaws, capitalists, dreamers, drunks and madmen. They established massive stations of up to 12,000 square miles on the traditional lands of the Aboriginal peoples. Lewis traces their legacies, from the explorers of the 1830s and 1850s to the founders of the big stations in the 1880s and 1890s, and finally the cattle duffers in the ‘golden era’ of the early 1900s. Drawing on rare yet rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions and investigations in the region undertaken over thirty-five years, Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful Indigenous tribes and the settlers, which produced what was truly a wild history.