Winning the Gascoyne

Local history of the people and properties of the Upper Gascoyne region of Western Australia ; includes the role played and contribution made by Aboriginal peole to the development of these communities and to the wool industry ; photographs of some of these people.

Anecdotal history of the upper Gascoyne region in the north-west of Western Australia from the opening up of the area in the 1870s, to the present. The book devotes a chapter to each of the 27 stations in the Gascoyne. The author lives at Mangaroon Station, north-east of Carnarvon. Includes a map, photographs and lists of references. v, 242 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 239-242.

First Edition #1017/0620/0720/110622

Occupations – Pastoral industry workers – Shearers.  |  Occupations – Domestic servants.  |  Settlement and contacts – Settlers.  |  History – Genealogy and family history.  |  Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry – Sheep and wool.  |  Occupations – Pastoral industry workers – Drovers / Stockmen.  |  Gascoyne (W.A.) — History.  |  Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)