 | A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
Buy used from: £23.48 A gripping auto-biography containing a rare insight into early 20th century Australia
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 | The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £0.01 A very intelligently written, forthright, highly descriptive and sharply observed account of the area, its peoples and nature - warts and all. A small but eye-opening and valuable section on Oz
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 | Great Australian Loneliness by Ernestine Hill
Buy used from: £8.68 Based on 9 years+ travel around outback Oz in the 1930's & 40's; a priceless and skillfully written account of place and characters from the golden era of pioneer Australia. One of my all time Top 5.
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 | A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Buy used from: £2.80 Although a novel, and a romantic 1 at that, it's a good read and full of insights into the character & lifestyle of outback Oz & the Give-It-A-Go ever-optimistic entraprenurialist national attitude.
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 | One for the Road: An Outback Adventure by Tony Horwitz
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £4.39 A highly articulate & skilled wordsmith; Horwitz gets off the beaten track as he should and his perceptive author's eye and casual yet descriptive writing style does a sterling job of seducing reader
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 | Travels in Outback Australia: Beyond the Black Stump by Andrew Stevenson
Buy new: £6.04 / Used from: £2.68 Despite Andrew being a wally at times & numerous factual errors amounting2 inexcusable disinformation, still fate delivers him 2 interesting places and people whose contributions rescues his book
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 | Thumbs Up Australia: Hitchhiking the Outback by Tom Parry
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 Worthy read, author & his girlfriend go off the beaten track & experience the real Australia. Thru hitch-hiking they meet a mix of characters, some harmless, others lawless & a bit dodgy/dangerous.
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 | Down Under by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.01 Humerous, reliable and fact-packed, Bryson's suburban/historical biased take provides intelligent, fascinating & enlightening counterpoint to the Outback, Present-Day travellogue style accounts.
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