Horseman Of The Outback: Their Spurs And Spurmakers
Author: Don John Edward Corcoran
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: $29.99 AUD
: 9781921920530
: Boolarong Press
: Boolarong Press
: 01 January 2012
: 240mm X 165mm
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: Don John Edward Corcoran
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: Paperback
: Revised edition
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9781921920530
Description
This is an extremely well researched work which will be treasured by all horse riders. It is a very thorough account of Australian spurs and the bush blacksmiths like Fred Gutte who designed his on Wave Hill Station, but is is much more that that. If offers a romantic folklore of the horsemaen who used the spurs in their sometimes dangerous and often lonely rides on the cattle stations between outback Queensland and the Kimberley.
