Cattle Camp: Murrie Drovers and Their Stories (Uqp Black Australian Writers) (1994)

by Herb Wharton

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A collection of stories told to the author by Aboriginal stockmen and women. Captures the life of the droving days when these people traveled huge distances on drives from North Queensland to Victoria and South Australia. Has a foreword by the author, maps and several photographs. Author's novel 'Unbranded' was highly commended in the David Unaipon Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Herb Wharton	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Anderson, Barry	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Maher, Roy	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
McVinish, Christopher	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
O'Brien, Chris	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rolon, Jim	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1994

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A fortunate few others became more famous; thousands more suffered greater injustices.

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A collection of stories told to the author by Aboriginal stockmen and women. Captures the life of the droving days when these people traveled huge distances on drives from North Queensland to Victoria and South Australia. Has a foreword by the author, maps and several photographs. Author's novel 'Unbranded' was highly commended in the David Unaipon Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

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