Battlers in the Bush

[campdog]

Just started reading Battleres in the Bush, what a great story about Gold Mining on the Wenlock River.

[batesy]

The author Joe Fischer has a grandson that lives in Weipa. So there's still a family connection to the cape.

Great pics in the book, eh? Amazing they took the time to document their time. You would have thought that taking pictures was the last thing on those fellas minds. Pretty rough and ready life out there.

[campdog]

The author Joe Fischer has a grandson that lives in Weipa. So there's still a family connection to the cape.

Great pics in the book, eh? Amazing they took the time to document their time. You would have thought that taking pictures was the last thing on those fellas minds. Pretty rough and ready life out there.
Its good that you can still go to the godfields and see some of the machinery and crushers that the bought in.
Something that did interest me was talk of a road from Coen to Port Stewart.

[campdog]

Just finished the book and now looking for something else to read about the Cape.What a life it must have been to live in such a place.I went to the goldfields last year but didnt appreciate what I saw. Now after reading the book I wish I could spend a month on the wnlock and in Iron Range National Park. To see what Portland Road looked like then is unbelivable.
Im definetly going back.

[Dipmaker]

Don't know if you have already been there or not Campdog but Maytown is also well worth having a look at if you are interested in old goldfields. There is a lot of historical signifigance to the area.

[campdog]

Havent been there as Yet,ran out of time last year. Plenty of history on the cape,Palmer river goldfields as well.

[xina]

Hi Guys, re. books about the Cape, a really good one is The Last Frontier, byGlenville Pike. Also, Hector Holthouse wrote a number of books about the northern Goldfields. Ion Idriess also wrote some books based in NQ. Back o' Cairns is quite good, although it is not about the northern parts. The Tin Scratchers takes you up as far as Lockhart River. He also wrote of some of the islands of the East Coast, (northern) and the Torres Straights.
I do have others, but I'll have to find them and post them later.
I believe the classic early book of travels up the Cape is Northmost Australia,
by Logan Jack. I think that used to be in the library at Weipa. ( He was the Government Surveyor of the time.)
Glenville pike wrote two others, called Queensland Frontier, and Queen of the North. I haven't got those two, so I'm only assuming they're about the North.
Be back when I find more titles.
xina.