Land of Mirage: The Story of Men, Cattle and Camels on the Birdsville TrackReferences to Aborigines throughout book; story of mission under Vogelsang and Uley a Dieri Aborigine; Effect of white settlement on the natives. |
Contents
CAMEL PATROL | 8 |
CHAPTER PAGE I INTO THE MIRAGE | 13 |
WE ARE AS SHADOWS | 22 |
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