Gone Bush by Ellen S Kettle
SKU TBM19671967196704
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Author: Ellen S Kettle
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: F P Leonard
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 1967
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 242 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned, with some foxing marks on page top. Binding is still very good. Dust jacket has a large tear out to the front cover, with significant wear to book corners and at the spine. Dust jacket now protected by a cover. Previous owner has added annotations to last page.
This book records life and conditions in the outback areas of the Northern Territory, as seen through the eyes of a wandering nurse over the years between 1952 and 1963. Ellen Kettle MBE was a nurse and midwife who pioneered mobile health care in remote areas of the NT.
Much of the story is about Indigenous Australians: on cattle stations, settlements and missions and in Arnhem Land bush.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.
Gone Bush by Ellen S Kettle
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