Publications for Sale

Flowers in the Dust

Botanical watercolour paintings by Jenifer Mace
Botanical text by William Green and Martina Dexter

The Desert Uplands region is sandwiched between the brigalow belt to the east and the Mitchell grass downs to the west. Astride the Great Dividing Range and comprising four percent of Queensland's land surface, it is a region of eroded sandstone plateaus and extensive sand plains. Little known until recent land use controversies thrust it into the limelight, the Desert Uplands support an abundant diversity of flora.

Flowers in the Dust honours the region's botanical heritage through the exquisite watercolour paintings of Barcaldine artist Jenny Mace. Jenny's work vividly demonstrates that there is beauty and significance to be found in the flowers that grow in the Desert's dust.

$25.00 incl GST
$40.00 incl GST (postage and handling)

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This book is available from: Alpha Administration Office, Jericho Post Office, Barcaldine Administration Office, Barcaldine Visitor Information Centre, Aramac Administration Office and Muttaburra Administration Office

Barcaldine Local Authority by Isobel Hoch

History of Barcaldine Shire from 1893 to 1993.

$5.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Barcaldine Visitor Information Centre.

Bush Battleground by Peter and Shelia Forrest

This book by Peter and Shelia Forrest, preeminent historians of the bush, tells the story of the 1891 Strike - what happened, why the strike was focused on Barcaldine and how it changed Australia.

Paperback $5.00 incl GST
Hardcover $10.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Barcaldine Visitor Information Centre and Barcaldine Administration Office.

Crossing the divide: A History of Alpha and Jericho by Janice Cooper

This is a fascinating account of the history of the Jericho Shire. With over 800 people named, 86 + Photographs, 55 + Archival Extracts, 24 Maps, Plans and Tables, along with detailed Appendices and index.

$10.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Alpha Administration Office, Jericho Post Office, Barcaldine Administration Office, Barcaldine Visitor Information Centre, Aramac Administration Office and Muttaburra Administration Office

From the Drummond to the 'Burra

People, Places, Pathways... images of the Barcaldine Regional Council area.

$25.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Alpha Administration Office, Jericho Post Office, Barcaldine Administration Office, Barcaldine Visitor Information Centre, Aramac Administration Office and Muttaburra Administration Office

Sensational Cattle Stealing Case by Albert H. Sutton

A historical novel, an Australian Bush yarn and like all yarns - where are the boundaries between thruth and fiction. The cattle were stolen , as we all know, but the actual duffers had all died when this book was written in 1909.

Paperback $5.00 incl GST
Hardcover $25.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Aramac Administration Office, Barcaldine Tourist Information Centre.

The Barcaldine Story 1846 - 2008 by Isobel Hoch

This book details the Barcaldine story from early European exploration, the early pastoral runs, the railway, the shearers strikes to amalgamation and lots more in between. A chronicle of western Queensland as well as of Barcaldine.

$5.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Barcaldine Tourist Information Centre and Barcaldine Administration Office.

The Man Who was Starlight by Patrick McCarthy

The story of Henry Redford and the famous cattle theft he carried out by droving stolen cattle from Central Queensland to South Australia in 1870.

$5.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Aramac Administration Office and Barcaldine Tourist Information Centre

This El Dorado of Australia by Anne Smith

A centennial history of Aramac Shire.

Paperback $5.00 incl GST
Hardcover $10.00 incl GST

This book is available from: Aramac Administration Office, Barcaldine Tourist Information Centre and Muttaburra Administration Office.