The Crow eaters : a journey through South Australia / Ben Stubbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stubbs, Ben, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel writing.

Indigenous peoples--Australia.

Indigenous peoples.

South Australia--Description and travel.

South Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : New South, [2019]

Summary:

'Ben Stubbs uncovers the sheer delight and surprise of discovering what's in your own backyard.' -- Bob Byrne, author of Adelaide Remember When and Australia Remember WhenOutsiders think of South Australia as being different, without really knowing much about it. Combining his own travel across the million-square kilometres of the state with an investigation of its history, Ben Stubbs seeks to find out what South Australia is really like.In the spirit of the best travel writing and literary non-fiction, he lingers in places of quiet beauty and meets some memorable people. Along the way he debunks most of the clichés that plague the state. Travelling to Maralinga, Ceduna, Kangaroo Island, the Flinders Ranges, Coober Pedy, the storied Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth and the once-mighty river that is the Murray, Stubbs brings this diverse state to life. He even addresses head-on the question 'Is South Australia weird?'Readers will find it hard to resist the book's implicit invitation to take a look at places much closer to home, to take the time to drink in dramatic landscapes that are slow, deep and speckled with unforgettable characters.'Takes you where the silence is massive and the beauty unexpected.' -- Christopher Kremmer.

Contents:

Title page

About the author

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Maps

1 A beginning

2 White man in a hole

3 Maralinga

4 What lies beneath

5 The camel men of South Australia

6 Great white

7 The crow eaters

8 Working the line

9 A step back

10 The lonely north

11 Boom and bust

12 The river

13 The Queen's town

14 Adelaide

Reading list.

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ISBN:

9781742244563

1742244564

OCLC:

1107878517