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'A modern-day explorer who took everyday Australians along for the ride.

'Bill King is the pioneer who put the Australian outback on the map for both local and international tourists. Through an enterprise founded on hope and grit - now operating as AAT Kings - he opened up a completely new branch of Australian tourism. Thousands of Australians have experienced the adventure of a lifetime in Bill's capable hands, often walking in the footsteps of explorers such as Burke and Wills, Leichhardt, Sturt and Stuart.

'Eccentric drivers, mad passengers and sticky situations abound against the backdrop of the glorious Australian outback. Bill and his tour groups sometimes got lost, bogged or stranded-sometimes even scared out of their wits-but there was always a fierce determination to bring the show back home. Bill never lost a passenger or brought one to harm, though by heck they did sometimes try his monumental patience.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
      Extent: ix, 310p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., maps
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: October 2011.
      ISBN: 9781742376950 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Armchair Journey Bruce Elder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 April 2012; (p. 7) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 7)

— Review of King of the Outback Bill King , 2011 single work autobiography
Armchair Journey Bruce Elder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 April 2012; (p. 7) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 7)

— Review of King of the Outback Bill King , 2011 single work autobiography
Last amended 30 Apr 2012 17:41:45
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    Australia,
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  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
  • 1900-1999
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