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Jackson's Track

Memoir of a Dreamtime Place

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Jackson's Track

By: Daryl Tonkin, Carolyn Landon
Narrated by: Peter Hosking
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In 1936, Daryl Tonkin and his brother, Harry, leave home in search of adventure. They find themselves in West Gippsland, Victoria, and set up a timber mill at Jackson's Track - a dreamtime place, a place that was paradise. A bushman dedicated to his work, Daryl discovers happiness there - and unexpectedly falls in love.

But Daryl is white and Euphie is black, and neither of them is prepared for the conflict their forbidden love ignites. This spellbinding memoir recaptures a community and a way of life now vanished from sight.

©1999 Carolyn Landon and Daryl Tonkin. (P)2004 Bolinda Publishing

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"A classic of its genre." (The Sydney Morning Herald)
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There was truly nothing to dislike in this amazing telling of a interesting man's life.

How simple life could be with the right outlook. This is a very interesting book about country Victoria in the last century.

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This needs to be read and taught as part of literature & life in every Australian high schools and university
This could also be studied by forestry management & Human Resources to help assimilate the Aboriginal way of life with the working man for better management of our panda and bush

AMAZING BOOK

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This was a great story, captivating from start to end - a great tale if a bushman, his way of life, the characters that weave in and out of his life, and an important story of aboriginal Australians and their experiences in this time and place.

A great Australian story of the bush

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I was not expecting the local aspects of this story to impact me so strongly. These events, this land, is where I walk today. No longer an abstract concept, these lives, these stories and these losses are mine now. I am so grateful to have been able to share them.

Such an important story!

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Such a beautiful and sad story. An enlightening insight into the true history of Australia. The destruction and cruelty inflicted upon Aboriginal culture by white culture is nothing short of criminal.

A Wonderful Story

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.