Cattle Camp: Murrie Drovers and Their Stories

by Herb Wharton

A collection of stories told to the author by Aboriginal stockmen and women. Captures the life of the droving days when these people traveled huge distances on drives from North Queensland to Victoria and South Australia. Has a foreword by the author, maps and several photographs. Author's novel 'Unbranded' was highly commended in the David Unaipon Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

196 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1994

Reviews

[Andrew Bysterveldt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. The stories of the men and women who built this country against their will. Who drove cattle and broke horses while living in a world that didn’t recognise their rights. And who did it with dignity. Their stories brought to life places I’ve been out in the bush. And it brought to mind stories of my old next door neighbour who was a driver alongside many of those whose stories are shared in this book. Highly recommend to anyone who loves stories of driving.

[Dina Jenkinson]

Interesting series of yarns of early Indigenous cattlement in Northern Australia from Queensland to Yarralin, N.T. Much happier and independant lives they lived than other stories I have read of the Indigenous.