What Do You Do With Them On Sundays? Working on the Big Cattle Stations in the 1950s by H S Kent

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside front cover and redacted it.

Banjo didn't get it quite right, but then again, Banjo probably had never been a drover.

So begins this gritty account of one of the most demanding jobs in the outback - that of a drover. The average working day was eighteen hours, and they worked seven days a week, often for up to eight months at a time. These men were out in all sorts of weather, with no shelter, and as the swags needed to be kept small, they would sleep on the ground with only a blanket or two to protect them. By day they were plagued by flies; the mozzies would take over at night. Nutrition was poor, and drovers often suffered from 'Barcoo rot', wounds that would not heal.

What Do You Do With them On Sundays is a fascinating window into a world that no longer exists and an important part of Australia's cultural history. (back cover)