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'The road to Goonong was just a pair of wheel tracks packed down by buggies and drays that had travelled that way over the years. It ran through forest and passed by farmhouses and the hut where the Schmidt boys lived. Goonong, our farm, was at the end of the road. We had beef cattle and dairy cattle, and there was plenty of room to play and plenty of horses to ride. It was a time when timber-cutters felled big ironbarks and blacksmiths' hammers rang out from the forge. The skies were always blue over Goonong...

With laid-back charm, bush humour and a spirit of optimism, David Cox captures the joy and freedom, as well as the harsh reality of farming life during the Great Depression.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 40p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: Nov 2021 (pbk)
      ISBN: 9781742375212 (hbk.), 9781761065828 (pbk)
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'As a boy, David Cox lived in the dusty outback on a sheep station. His lessons came in a brown envelope from the Correspondence School, but out of doors his father was his teacher. David learned the stockman's skills of riding horses and mustering sheep and cattle, and when they were out riding his father would tell stories about old times. Sometimes they would repair stockyards or fences, and when the job was done his father would step back and say, 'Well, it's good enough for a sheep station.'

'David Cox concludes the moving story of his country childhood that began with The Road to Goonong and continued with The Fair Dinkum War.' (Publication summary)
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[Review] The Road to Goonong H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book
The Many Faces of Australia Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 December 2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Ten Blue Wrens : And What a Lot of Wattle! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book ; The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book ; All the Way to W.A. : Our Search for Uncle Kev Roland Harvey , 2011 single work picture book ; The Little Refugee Anh Do , Suzanne Do , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book
Dangerous Waters Joy Lawn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2011-January 2012 no. 337 2011; (p. 74-75)
— Review of The Little Refugee Anh Do , Suzanne Do , 2011 single work picture book ; Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck Michelle Gillespie , 2011 single work picture book ; The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book ; Savannah Dreams Lolla Stewart , 2011 single work picture book ; All the Way to W.A. : Our Search for Uncle Kev Roland Harvey , 2011 single work picture book ; One Small Island Alison Lester , 2011 single work picture book ; Flood Jackie French , 2011 single work picture book
[Review] The Road to Goonong Moira Robinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book
[Review] The Road to Goonong Moira Robinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book
Dangerous Waters Joy Lawn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2011-January 2012 no. 337 2011; (p. 74-75)
— Review of The Little Refugee Anh Do , Suzanne Do , 2011 single work picture book ; Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck Michelle Gillespie , 2011 single work picture book ; The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book ; Savannah Dreams Lolla Stewart , 2011 single work picture book ; All the Way to W.A. : Our Search for Uncle Kev Roland Harvey , 2011 single work picture book ; One Small Island Alison Lester , 2011 single work picture book ; Flood Jackie French , 2011 single work picture book
The Many Faces of Australia Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 December 2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Ten Blue Wrens : And What a Lot of Wattle! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book ; The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book ; All the Way to W.A. : Our Search for Uncle Kev Roland Harvey , 2011 single work picture book ; The Little Refugee Anh Do , Suzanne Do , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book
[Review] The Road to Goonong H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Road to Goonong David Cox , 2011 single work picture book
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