Call of the Outback by Marianne van Velzen (print on demand 4 to 6 weeks)

Call of the Outback by Marianne van Velzen (print on demand 4 to 6 weeks)Long before Robyn Davidson wrote Tracks, the extraordinary Ernestine Hill was renowned for her intrepid travels across Australia's outback. After the birth of her illegitimate son, Ernestine Hill abandoned her comfortable urban life as a journalist for a nomadic one, writing about this country's vast interior and bringing the outback into the popular imagination of Australians. Throughout the 1930s Ernestine's hugely popular stories about Australia's

where her husband had been appointed manager of 'The Elsey'

Dreading her first day at a new school

helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market

and weaves the two together in a meaningful

But then something amazing happens

acted in Bollywood movies

to document how Aboriginal Elders and leaders dealt with the invasion of grog on Warumungu land and the enormous struggle it took to introduce simple alcohol restrictions in the town

Russell Marks investigates Australia's incarceration epidemic

as well as history and art buffs

offered to investigate the causes of the conflict

Contains her diary and a biography by Miriam Howard-Wright with details of their life on Wongawol Station

and at times unbelievable