The great pioneering family. The Dempster interests ranged from shipping and coastal trading to merchandising, from whaling to farming.
Tom Quilty was a well-known Kimberley cattleman who became famous for his verse and especially for his descriptive poem, “The Drover’s Cook."
A collection of reports and reminiscences of WA droving from the 1880s to the 1950s.
The pioneer botanical and police members of this family made a permanent mark on the colony.
Prior to leading the Twenty-second Frobenius Expedition (1938-1939), to the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, Helmut Petri had developed a wide range of interests...
The story of the escape and recapture of the NT murderer Ninaluk in 1934.
The story of the renowned Hyland’s Circus, famous across Australia, with a tragic mystery surrounding the death of one of its performers, John Roberts.
This is the story of the remarkable Klemm Swallow aircraft built by Hans Klemm in Munich in 1934 and sent to New Guinea as a mission plane. It is now the oldest surviving mission plane from ...
Chooks by any other name… also describes the foibles of their lofty admirers. Annette’s catchy verse is a pleasure to read and smile about. Air hostess, laboratory worker, pharmacy assis...