Life Above the 26th and Elsewhere by Anne Barrett-Lennard

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Anne Barrett-Lennard tells the story of a fascinating life, with some hilarious tales of 'characters of the bush' she has been associated with, who were very much the fabric of life in the outback Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Growing up with her three sisters on Nanutarra Station, she went to boarding school at the age of nine, completed nursing training in Perth, spent a short stint in Newcastle, and then returned to station life in the Pilbara.

Horses played a big part in Anne's life - riding as a child, mustering, riding in gymkhanas, breaking in and educating young horses, training racehorses, camp drafting, playing polocrosse and clerk of the course at race meetings. Anne learnt a lot from her father, who was a very capable and successful Pastoralist and experienced stockman and horseman.

The threat of drought, cyclones and floods was ever-present in the North West, causing stock losses and damage to buildings, windmills and fences, but they just got on with it. Her nursing skills were often called upon to attend road accidents on the North West Coastal Highway, which ran past their front door!

While living in southern Western Australia, she often dreamed of her beloved Pilbara and boiling the billy under a sandalwood tree. A great deal of determination, hard work, and tales of the challenges of life in the bush. (back cover)