Lightning Ridge
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Lightning Ridge

  1. 168 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Lightning Ridge

About this book

The Land of Black Opals.In this book, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer - and of his wanderings to the opal mines of Lightning Ridge. He became one of the band of opal-seekers who live in these pages, sharing their heartbreaks and their sudden, wild exulatations. And the stories he tells of his mates are little gems in themselves, vivid in characterization, rich in sympathy and understanding.In the descriptions of opal gouging, and the technique of "clipping" and "facing" opals, Idriess is in his element. Obviously his heart has been completely captured by these magic stones of flame and orange, in which, it seems to him, all the life and the colour of centuries have been imprisoned... Lightning Ridge throws light on the author's own background, and is a lively account of the rough camaraderie of life in the bush and on the opal fields. - Adelaide Advertiser, 1940.

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Information

Publisher
ETT Imprint
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781923205116
eBook ISBN
9781922384973
Edition
0
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. 1. Skeletons in the Cupboard
  7. 2. Young Savages
  8. 3. The Silver City
  9. 4. Where the Camel Trains Go
  10. 5. In Wallaby Land
  11. 6. When Fever Comes
  12. 7. Back to the Bush
  13. 8. I Run Away
  14. 9. On the Track to the Ridge
  15. 10. The Loony Boundary-Rider
  16. 11. The Poison Carts
  17. 12. Riding the Boundary Fences
  18. 13. Lightning Ridge
  19. 14. Tom Peel
  20. 15. The Ratters
  21. 16. Trapping the Ratters
  22. 17. Black Opal
  23. 18. Stealing Grass
  24. 19. The Ruined Hut
  25. 20. The Stockwhip
  26. 21. The Sundowners
  27. 22. The Fright
  28. 23. The Monaro Cocky
  29. 24. Kaiser
  30. 25. The Count
  31. 26. The Opal-Buyers
  32. 27. The Old Man
  33. 28. On Opal
  34. 29. St Patrick’s Day
  35. 30. Death
  36. 31. Deadman’s Claim
  37. 32. The Trooper
  38. 33. Ghostly Company

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