ON THE WALLABY: Pioneering Days in the Australian Bush by Gerald WALSH ISBN 13: 9781876780623

Rockhampton, Queensland: Central Queensland University Press, 2005. Soft cover. Fine. Large 8vo. 151 pages, indexed, illustrated. An immaculate copy. In 'On the Wallaby' "... Gerry Walsh continues to revisit and explore the largely neglected but important aspects of life in the Australian bush--the deeds of colourful pioneers, bizarre incidents and little known or forgotten facts about rural life that he wrote about in The Bush and the Never Never, published in 2004. It begins with the influence the English novelists, (Charles Dickens, Harry Kingsley and Anthony Trollope) had in inspiring many a young man to emigrate and try their luck in Australia and ends with a discussion of English, Australian and Aboriginal place names." (Trove)

Rockhampton, Central Queensland University Press First edition - Trade p/back, illust. card covers This is social history of the outback at its best. There are entertaining and authoritative chapters on the surveyor-explorers, teamsters, selectors, bush hawkers, 'wild colonial boys', and pioneer inventors of the shearing machine, wool press and windmill. Another focuses on the bitter Vermont Merino controversy which ruined so many old Merino Studs. 235 x 175mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 152, b/w & col. plates, glossary, chapter notes, index. Trade paperback, pictorial card covers. NEAR FINE ISBN: 1876780622