Goldie: Adventures in a Vanishing Australia by Bill Swampy Marsh

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Marks on author bio page and top foredge.

Born in the Blue Mountains more than 70 years ago, Jack (Goldie) Goldsmith was a troubled, reckless boy. When he was 15, he left home and school and took off for the bush with his mate, Bluey. It was just after World War II, with massive unemployment, and he had to take whatever job was available.

In his travels throughout western New South Wales and Queensland, Goldie worked at everything: he picked potatoes, trapped rabbits, and was a shearer, roustabout, railway fettler and ringer, among many other jobs. Before long, Goldie became known as the kind of bloke who could do anything - and probably would.

Bill Swampy Marsh tells Goldie's story in his own words, and the result is a rich and vivid account of a fast-vanishing Australia, with its values of mateship, willingness to give anything a go, determination not to let the bastards get you, and spirit of daring and adventure. (Trove)