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3.0 out of 5 stars
mediocre tales of the Outback,
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This review is from: Memories of Kalgoorlie : Tales from the Australian Outback (Paperback)
The prose is not great. Journeyman actually. Quite pedestrian and at times rather leaden. This book will never join the ranks of storied Australian literature. But in its quite limited way, it describes the folklore around the Goldfields of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie. The timeframe is vague, though probably in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Perhaps you can better appreciate the tales if you have been to Kalgoorlie. The ever present red Outback dust permeating your clothes. And the stifling heat of summer, which is typically translated to be half the year. Don't forget the flies. Now imagine it a century ago, with no air conditioning and no cars to quickly take you across the wide plains. Yuk. |
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Memories of Kalgoorlie : Tales from the Australian Outback by Filton Hebbard (Paperback - July 27, 2001)
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