The Conquest of Distance: Told in the Life of Centralian Pioneer Families
by Graeme Bucknall; Robert Guthrie
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very goodowner's name and address on title page
- ISBN 10
- 0958809399
- ISBN 13
- 9780958809399
- Seller
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About This Item
Historical Society of the Northern Territory. 1996. Trade paperback. Very goodowner's name and address on title page. 95 p. Includes illustrations. . This is a book about how pioneers on remote Central Australian cattle stations conquered social and spatial isolation. Its authors examine the ways in which individuals and families adapted their life styles when faced with such problems as distance, poor communications, drought and uncertain cattle markets. Many moving experiences are recounted, often in the pioneers' own words.
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- Bookseller
- Masalai Press (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0023515
- Title
- The Conquest of Distance: Told in the Life of Centralian Pioneer Families
- Author
- Graeme Bucknall; Robert Guthrie
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very goodowner's name and address on title page
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0958809399
- ISBN 13
- 9780958809399
- Publisher
- Historical Society of the Northern Territory
- Place of Publication
- Darwin
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 95 p. Includes illustrations., Pioneers-Northern Territory-Alice Springs Region; Women Pioneers-Northern Territory, Australia; Frontier and Pioneer Life-Northern Territory
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