Beltana - Six Miles by E Lecky Payne
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Beltana - Six Miles by E Lecky Payne

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780851796857
Author: E Lecky Payne
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Rigby
Place: Adelaide SA
Year: 1974
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 181 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now in protective cover. Interior and binding are also very good.

Real places and people come to life in this delightfully detailed portrait of a vanished Australian era. The areas are Puttapa Gap, a railway settlement in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, and Beltana, six miles away.

The people are the author, her father and sisters, characters such as Paddy, the Holy Black Duck, “Auntie” Hardy, Waldo, the mysterious German, and the other men, women, and children of the tiny community.

The author went to live at Puttapa Gap after a traumatic experience as a “charity brat” in the care of unfeeling relatives. Reunion with her family began a time of joy which she recalls in a vivid picture of life early this century.

Puttapa Gap existed because of the Great Northern Railway, a dream that eventually faded beyond the ranges. For those living in the outpost, the railway was a thrilling centre of life that, despite its isolation, was full of comradeship, humanity, and the challenge of “making do.”

The young people were able to find beauty and excitement in the whole wide country-side, and there was entertainment in riding the railway “trike” to Beltana, in a visit to the ghost town of Sliding Rock, and in such simple delights as dances, bush picnics, and pub gatherings. Even occurrences like the appearance of a huge goanna in the kitchen could become the basis of humorous legend. With affection and nostalgia, the author recalls a way of life that ended, as it did for so many places like Puttapa Gap, with the events of 1914. (book flap)

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