The Big Run. The Story Of Victoria River Downs Station

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Lansdowne Publishing
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1970
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This Engrossing Book Tells The Rich And Fascinating Story Of The Victoria River Downs Station In The Northern Territory, From The Early White Explorers Who Battled The Vastness Of The Environment On Their Gruelling Expeditions Inland In Search Of Good Pastoral Country, To The Present Day.

Publishers Description: Revised and updated edition of a history of what was once the worlds largest cattle run. Describes events in this remote area of the Northern Territory from the Dreamtime to the present association with the late Robert Holmes F Court Heytesbury Pastoral Group. Provides information on the running of a beef cattle station and a concluding chapter dealing with possible future trends. Includes an index and a bibliography. First published in 1970. The author has a long association with the beef cattle industry and is foundation federal president of the Australian Limousin breeders society.

ISBN: 9781863022286