Full title: Great Australians : 20 living legends of the bush.

Author/creator: Griffiths, Jill, 1965-, Mannsell, Rebecca, McKeesick, Mandy, Hancock, David, 1954-, Harfull, Liz, Baker, Kristal, Tappscott, Virginia, Smith, Josh, Sharp, Kerry, Eecen, Shane, Dyer, Nathan, Bain, Andrew, Wallace, Sue, Dalinger, Simon, Hall, Therese, Milliken, Robert, Fisher, Kylie, Sneath, Gretel, Le Roux, Ockert, Eastwood, Ken, R. M. Williams Pty. Ltd, R.M. Williams Pty. Ltd.

Call Numbers: HQ 2022/0101

Record Identifier: 74VKaralmOwX

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 145 pages, 58 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm., , , , , , Ideas man : inventing ways to farm better is Ray Harrington's life purpose / story, Jill Griffiths ; photos, Rebecca Mannsell -- Farmers' voice : Fiona Simson manages to rattle a few cages in her advocacy work for fellow farmers / story, photos, Mandy McKeesick -- Old and the new : internationally recognised painter Balang John Mawurndjul belongs to an uninterrupted artistic tradition that is tens of thousands years old / story, photos, David Hancock -- Opal champion : palaeontologist Jenni Brammall leads a team determined to shine an international spotlight on Australia's opalised national treasures / Boardrider : a gun shearer with an eye for the perfect wave, Steve Woolstun has left a 50-year mark on the South Australian town of Robe / story, Liz Harfull ; photos, Kristal Baker Stars in her eyes : Donna Burton : the first Australian to discover to comets is committed to popularising astronomy, especially among country kids / story, Virginia Tappscott ; photos, Josh Smith -- Your captain speaking ... : John Hardy has navigated a long and illustrious career as a proud Territorian / story, Kerry Sharp ; photos, Shane Eecen -- Regional believer : from the corridors of Federal Parliament to rice farms of the Riverina, Kay Hull has spent three decades fighting for the bush / story, photos, Nathan Dyer -- Cut above : world champion woodchopper David Foster is a veteran of his sport and a stalwart of his local community in Tasmania / story, photos, Andrew Bain -- Keeping coutnry : Keelen Mailman is uniquely placed to combine a successful pastoral operation with the preservation of culture and family for her Bidjara people / story, photos, Mandy McKeesick Breaking the mould : drawing on a tough childhood and deeply conservative schooling, author and educator John Marsden is passionate about teaching a different way / Rare diamond : like the pink diamonds she trades, Franke Bolten-Boshammer's character was forges under pressure in the east Kimberley / story, photos, Kerry Sharp -- Family spirit : starting out as teenage baggage handlers in their family's bush pub, Andre and Courtney Ellis have gone on to become outback tourism luminaries with their far flung luxury treks / story, Sue Wallace ; photos, Simon Dalinger -- Ladies first : instead of missing absent friends, Michelle Reay of Durham Downs, Qld, has found a way to see them all - and be pampered - once a year, while improving the lives of isolated women / story, photos, Therese Hall -- Just reward : the tide has turned for the troubled Darling River town of Bourke, thanks largely to the persistance of Alistair Ferguson story, Robert Milliken, photos, Kylie Fisher -- Unstoppable Vida : known as the 'Lady of Mundulla', Vida Maney has contributed across the board to her community, with scant regard for her own disability / story, Gretel Sneath ; photos, Ockert Le Roux -- Hunger fighter : Lou Revelant is 'filling the pantry' for the needy with rescued fruit and vegetables from Australia's largest food bowl / Radiant joy : musician, mentor and country music icon Joy McKean has been a much-loved hit since 1940 / story, phtotos, Ken Eastwood -- Just what the doctor ordered : the 2018 Rural Doctor of the Year, far north Queensland-based Renée Cremen, is a perfect bundle of energy and care / story, photos, Ken Eastwood -- New breed : Lynley Anderson is a sheep-breeding innovator who wants to see more women running their own farms / story, Jill Griffiths ; photos, Rebecca Mannsell.

Publishers: Alexandria, NSW : R.M. Williams Publishing Pty Ltd, [2019]

Notes: Title from cover. Text and colour illustrations on end papers. "R.M. Williams outback"--Cover.

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DDC: 920.094

MMS ID: 991024443325102626