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y separately published work icon Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories : Heroes of the Outback selected work   short story  
Is part of Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories : Heroes of the Outback
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Events in the Life of Ion Idriess, Beverley Eley , single work biography (p. vi-xv)
The Cattle King : The Story of Sir Sidney Kidman, Ion L. Idriess , single work biography

'At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all, Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend. ' (Publication summary)

 (p. 1-238)
Flynn of the Inland, Ion L. Idriess , single work biography (p. 241-429)
Lasseters letzter Ritt : Ein Goldsucherschicksal im australischen Busch Lasseter's Last Ride : An Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery, Ion L. Idriess , Bruno Schweitzke (translator) single work biography (p. 431-579)
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