Rough Diamonds & Real Gems by R.M. Winn

Step away from metropolitan cities with their suits and coffee shops, and journey into rural Australia. The remote stations, the farmland, the bush and the arid, never-ending outback have inspired memorable novels like Euloowirree Walkabout by John Kiddell and Walkabout by James Vance Marshall. However, this selection of top-class non-fiction offers real-life stories of hardship, endurance and remote communities.

No imagination is required when reading these tales of cattlemen (and women), drovers, shearers, pioneers, travellers and other remarkable people from the bush. Enjoy the list.


25 Books of the Bush & Outback

Beaten by a Blow: A Shearer's Story by Dennis McIntosh
Beaten by a Blow: A Shearer's Story
Dennis McIntosh
Beyond the Big Run by Charlie Schultz & Darrell Lewis
Beyond the Big Run
Charlie Schultz & Darrell Lewis
Too Long in the Bush by Len Beadall
Too Long in the Bush
Len Beadall
Droving Days by H.M. Barker
Droving Days
H.M. Barker
Hell West and Crooked by Tom Cole
Hell West and Crooked
Tom Cole
Jillaroo: Station Life in the Outback by Susan Cottam
Jillaroo: Station Life in the Outback
Susan Cottam
Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack
Kings in Grass Castles
Mary Durack
No Place for a Woman: The Autobiography of Outback Publican by Mayse Young
No Place for a Woman: The Autobiography of Outback Publican
Mayse Young
Packhorse Drover by Bruce Simpson
Packhorse Drover
Bruce Simpson
The Boss Drover and his Mates by Anne Marie Ingham
The Boss Drover and his Mates
Anne Marie Ingham
The Whirlwind Country by Peter Knowles
The Whirlwind Country
Peter Knowles
Cattlemen of the High Country by Tor Holth
Cattlemen of the High Country
Tor Holth
Station Life in Australia: Pioneers adn Pastoralists by Peter Taylor
Station Life in Australia: Pioneers and Pastoralists
Peter Taylor
Bush Aussies by Allan M. Nixon
Bush Aussies
Allan M. Nixon
Outback Heroes: Australia's Greatest Bush Stories by Evan McHugh
Outback Heroes: Australia's Greatest Bush Stories
Evan McHugh
Women of the Outback by Sue Williams
Women of the Outback
Sue Williams
We of the Never-Never by Ms. Aeneas Gunn
We of the Never-Never
Ms. Aeneas Gunn
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin
One for the Road: An Outback Adventure by Tony Horwitz
One for the Road: An Outback Adventure
Tony Horwitz
Kangkushot: The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin by Jolly Read & Peter Coppin
Kangkushot: The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin
Jolly Read & Peter Coppin
Looking for Blackfella's Point: An Australian History of Place by Mark McKenna
Looking for Blackfella's Point: An Australian History of Place
Mark McKenna
In the Middle of Nowhere by Terry Underwood
In the Middle of Nowhere
Terry Underwood
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
Tracks
Robyn Davidson
Barefoot Through the Bindies: Growing up in North Queensland in the Early 1900s by Marion Houldsworth
Barefoot Through the Bindies
Marion Houldsworth
No Sundays in the Bush An English Jackeroo in Western Australia 1887-1889 by Tom Carter
No Sundays in the Bush
Tom Carter

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