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Life as an Australian Horseman

Images of Australia's Largest Cattle Stations
  • ISBN-13: 9780975812914
  • Publisher: FIONA LAKE
    Imprint: FIONA LAKE
  • By Fiona Lake
  • Price: AUD $49.95
  • Stock: 73 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/08/2013
  • Format: Hardback (310.00mm X 210.00mm) 285 pages Weight: 1140g
  • Categories: Photographs: collections [AJC]
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The companion book to "A Million Acre Masterpiece", "Life as an Australian Horseman" contains more photos of the largest and most famous cattle stations in the world.  The photographs included in this book also range right across the top of Northern Australia: from Western Australias beautiful Kimberley region, into the Northern Territorys Victoria River District and Central Australia, and on to Queenslands Channel Country. The cover of "Life as an Australian Horseman" features stockmen mustering beside the spectacular limestone cliffs of the Napier Range, in Western Australias remote West Kimberley region. Chapters in "Life as an Australian Horseman" are arranged in sequential order so readers are taken on a fascinating journey via a typical cattle muster. It begins with the  pre-dawn catching and saddling of stock horses and proceeds to mustering, dinnercamp, walking huge mobs, yarding up and stockcamp evenings; to branding and loading roadtrains.  Then returning from stockcamp to station homesteads, ringers quarters and outback gardens.  There is a special chapter on bronco branding, a  uniquely Australian practice. Unlike the first book, there is no glossary; instead more photographs are included. Fiona Lake lived and worked in the bush for many years and knows her subject inside out. She took all the photographs and wrote the accompanying captions, so like "A Million Acre Masterpiece", "Life as an Australian Horseman" is a distinctly original book, full of quirky details, resulting in an air of authenticity appreciated by readers.

Fiona Lake has specialised in photographing the largest cattle stations for more than 25 years, becoming Australias best-known outback photographer and writer. She has held very popular exhibitions in locations such as Sydneys Bondi Pavilion and Melbournes Sofitel Hotel. Exhibition openers include Governor-General Michael Jeffery, ABC Landline Producer Peter Lewis and businessman Peter Holmes a Court.   Fiona has won numerous art awards and judged many photography competitions. She was the first Australian judge appointed to the panel of 3 awarding the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Star Prize for Photography and her website was selected for inclusion in the National Library of Australias "Pandora" project.

Introduction

1.  End of the holiday for the station horses

2.  Gathering the cattle - mustering

3.  Dinnercamp

4.  Walking the mobs

5.  Yarding up

6.  Horses knock-off time

7.  Stockcamp evening

8.  Yardwork

9.  Broncoing

10. Stockcamp by day

11. Finishing up in the yards

12. Roadtrains

13. Back at the station

14. Windmills & tanks

15. Horses away

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