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'These letters cameo life on a north coast dairy farm during the depression years of the early thirties. Sandy, a cattleman committed to the land, his God and family, builds a homestead and seeks to set up a dairy operation on two hundred acres amongst the coastal ridges. During the winter months when the herd dried off he sought off-farm income returning to cattle buying and horse breaking. Cattle are mustered in the morning mists and there is description of the historic pig drive down the Dorrigo Mountain pass. These stories written as letters to my father who is in nursing care, move close to nature reflecting humour as well as anguish as he toiled in "God's World".' (Back cover)
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Dedication: For my mother and father and for Marion and Marlene.
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Author's note: 'These letter are not intended to be an historical account but rather a folk comment from the depression years. Many of the characters have already passed on but names have been included because of their delightful contribution as treasures of the district.' (from Preface.)
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Subjects:
- Dorrigo - Bellingen area, New England, New South Wales,
- 1930s
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