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Back o' Cairns - Trekking the Cape York Peninsula by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson (Designed by, Editor, (various roles))
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In this book, Ion Idriess reflects on his life prospecting in far North Queensland from 1912 to 1914, and coincided with his earliest writing as "Gouger" for the Bulletin. In Back of Cairns, Jack gives the reader a picture of what life was like when the peninsula jungle was falling under the settler's a ...Show more
Drums of Mer by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Set around the Torres Strait in the mid-1800s, Ion Idriess tells the story of the lives and mythologies of the local people, depicting the fate of Europeans shipwrecked among the islands.
Flynn of the Inland and the Royal Flying Doctor Service by Ion Idriess
$24.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The extraordinary story of a classic Australian pioneer - told by Australia's 'Boswell of the Bush', Ion Idriess. Almost single-handedly John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission brought to the outback the Flying Doctor Service and the Bush Hospitals. His magnificent vision, formed as he travelled on ...Show more
Forty Fathoms Deep - Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Pearl divers & sea rovers in Australian seas. Mr. Idriess reveals to the reader the technique of pearling with him, the reader boards the lugger for the pearling grounds, makes the acquaintance of the skipper and crew, dons the diving dress and descends to the sea floor, sees the wonders of a new a ...Show more
Gold-Dust and Ashes - The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields.His latest book is really the romance of the Edie Creek and Bulolo diggings, situated inland from Salamau; and with the discovery of the field are associated the names of diggers as "Shark Eye Bill" (William Park), Matt Crowe, Jim Preston, Arthur Dowling, ...Show more
Gouger of the Bulletin - Part 2 by Ion Idriess; Jim Bradly (Editor, Notes by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This second volume of 'Gouger' contains more of the early writings of Ion Idriess, many written under his various pseudonyms that were previously not located with the great story-teller. Most of these stories, articles and paragraphs have never been in book form until now, and are the result of much pai ...Show more
Guerrilla Tactics - The Australia Guerrilla Series # 3 by Ion Idriess
$24.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Headhunters of the Coral Sea by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson (Preface by, Designed by, Editor, (various roles))
$24.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The story of the capture of the two Lamars (reincarnated natives), as the white boys were called, is one that has been handed down in legend among the Torres Strait islanders. After Idriess, years later, learned in civilised society the other part of the story - that the two boys, Jack Ireland and Will ...Show more
Horrie The Wog-Dog: The Original Tail by Ion Idriess
$29.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
'The true story of Horrie the Wog-Dog who was adopted by the Australian Signal Platoon of the M/G Battalion, in spite of all rules against keeping pets, and how Horrie not only won his stripes as a valuable addition to the group but had the further distinction of being smuggled into Australia on their r ...Show more
Horrie the Wog-Dog (New Edition) by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The true story of Horrie the Wog-Dog who was adopted by the Australian Signal Platoon of the Machine Gun Battalion, in spite of all rules against keeping pets, and how Horrie not only won his stripes as a valuable addition to the group but had the further distinction of being smuggled into Australia on ...Show more
Ion Idriess - The Last Interview by Tim Bowden (As told to); Ion Idriess (As told by)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Ion "Jack" Idriess (1889 - 1979) is recognised as one of Australia's great storytellers, having published over 50 books including the Outback tales of Lasseter's Last Ride, Flynn of the Inland, and The Cattle King alongside major works on the histories of Broken Hill, Broome and Cooktown. This book is ...Show more
Lasseter's Last Ride - An Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery by Ion Idriess
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
With Foreword by Herbert Basedow, M.D., B.Sc., author of The Australian Aboriginal, extracts from Lasseter's Diary and Letters and photographs of the 1930 Expedition. Morning Post (London) - "Perhaps the greatest of Australia's real life epics." Otago Daily Times (NZ) - "One almost finds it difficult ...Show more