DREAMTIME COWBOY 🎧 Chapter 1 – Part 1:

In this opening section, we’re introduced to Francis Firebrace and the extraordinary circumstances of his birth. Born during a time when Aboriginal people were classified under the Flora and Fauna Act, Francis' parents fled into the Australian bush to avoid persecution. We glimpse a world where being born of mixed heritage was a crime — a world where survival depended on ancestral bush knowledge and secrecy. This episode lays the emotional and historical groundwork for what will become a breathtaking life story.

🎧 Endnote
If you’ve enjoyed this first glimpse into Dreamtime Cowboy, you can help me continue editing and proofreading the full story — both for print and this podcast, and eventually for the audiobook to come.

This project was born from hundreds of recorded interviews, painstakingly transcribed and written into prose by award-winning Editor-in-Chief Adrian Beckingham as a true labour of love.

Every contribution helps bring the extraordinary life of Francis Firebrace, Aboriginal elder and storyteller, to completion and share it with the world. Francis is now aged 89 years and with the onset of dementia, cannot remember many of the events which he spoke of during the initial interviews.

Support the timely completion of this journey by making a financial donation here:
👉 www.ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham

Thank you for walking this path — keeping the fire of story alive.