Birdsville : my year in the back of beyond / Evan McHugh.

By: McHugh, Evan [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books, 2010Description: 270 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143203285 (paperback)Subject(s): McHugh, Evan | McHugh, Evan | Country life -- Queensland -- Birdsville -- Biography | Country life -- Queensland -- Birdsville | Country life -- Australia -- Birdsville (Qld.) -- Biography | Country life | Country life -- Queensland -- Birdsville (Qld.) | Country life -- Australia -- Queensland -- Birdsville -- Biography | Country life -- Australia -- Queensland -- Birdsville -- Anecdotes | Birdsville (Qld.) -- Biography | Queensland -- Birdsville | Birdsville (Qld.) -- Social life and customs | Queensland -- Description and travel | Australia -- Description and travel | Birdsville (Qld.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century | Birdsville (Qld.)Genre/Form: Biography | Biography. DDC classification: 307.262092 Summary: For a town with seventy residents (on a good day), Birdsville is remarkably well known the Birdsville Track, the rodeo, the pub, the infamous races. With its ruggedness, inaccessibility and larrikin charm, this small town on the edge of the Simpson Desert has become a symbol of the great Australian outback.
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Previously published: Viking, 2009.

For a town with seventy residents (on a good day), Birdsville is remarkably well known the Birdsville Track, the rodeo, the pub, the infamous races. With its ruggedness, inaccessibility and larrikin charm, this small town on the edge of the Simpson Desert has become a symbol of the great Australian outback.

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