The man who loved crocodiles and stories of other adventurous Australians / Marg Carroll.
Material type: TextPublication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011Description: xii, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781742370330 (pbk.)Subject(s): Australians -- Anecdotes | Adventure and adventurers -- Australia -- Anecdotes | Australia -- BiographyDDC classification: 994.0922Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | B /994 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111047402621 |
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Title story refers to Malcolm Douglas, a resident of W.A.
Introduction -- Flying high : Heather Innes -- Last of the buffalo-hide hunters : Peter and Lena Pan Quee -- The camel lady : Di and Cedric Zischke -- Back-country milkman : Bill Baird -- For love of the land : Pam Robinson -- The man who loved crocodiles : Malcolm Douglas -- The colour of life : Ada Clark -- Perfect pearl : Seaman Dan -- Supermum : Mabel Kilby -- The promise : Ian and Lyn Conway -- Healing with nature : Janice Sarre Smith -- Escape to freedom with the help of a daisy : Milos Stefanek.
Real stories can touch our humanity and move us to understand ourselves, as well as the person we are reading about. The adventurers here provide a mosaic of Australia over the past century, a priceless legacy.
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