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A detailed handbook about camping. Includes advice on selecting and constructing tents and other shelters, as well as advice on food storage, food preparation and cooking. Also contains information about rifle shooting, fishing, traps, snares, codes and signals.

Notes

  • 'A compilation from the author's nature notes column in the Argus'. - ACB (1)
  • Users are warned that this work contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that are considered inappropriate today.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Sydney J. Endacott , 1911 .
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      Link: 8490198Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 260p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Donald MacDonald.
      • With fifty diagram illustrations.
      • Advertisements at back.
      • Digitised by AustLit, 2009.
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Related Works

Camping Out Donald MacDonald , 1912 extract children's fiction children's (The Bush Boy's Book)
— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII , December no. 158 1912; (p. 169-171) An extract from McDonald's Bush Boy's Book delivering advice to campers about pitching a tent and keeping a tidy campsite.
The Boy and the Gun Donald MacDonald , 1912 extract children's fiction children's (The Bush Boy's Book)
— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII , August no. 154 1912; (p. 98-100) MacDonald explains the responsibilities of and safety measures for boys carrying guns during game hunting.
Athletes and Alcohol Donald MacDonald , 1912 extract children's fiction children's (The Bush Boy's Book)
— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII , July no. 153 1912; (p. 95) A short piece from MacDonald's The Bush Boy's Book in which the author promotes abstinence from alcohol and smoking because it impairs the 'staying power' of athletes, and of men in general. MacDonald reflects that 'it is better to be a decent coward any day than to run the risk of becoming a common sot every day'.
Temperence Topics Donald MacDonald , 1923 extract prose (The Bush Boy's Book)
— Appears in: The School Paper : Grades V and VI , June no. 294 1923; (p. 77-79)
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Works about this Work

Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 January 1928; (p. 15)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 4 February 1928; (p. 17)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
Bush Boy's Book 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 14 January 1928; (p. 19)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
Bush Boy's Book 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 14 January 1928; (p. 19)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 4 February 1928; (p. 17)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 January 1928; (p. 15)
— Review of The Bush Boy's Book Donald MacDonald , 1911 single work non-fiction
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