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An Outback Marriage is the 1906 novel by the famous Australian author "Banjo" Paterson.Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE, was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback... Read Full Overview

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The posh, English daughter of an Australian pastoralist is sent to Kuryong station to learn the ropes. At the same time, a search is underway across the desolate innards of regional New South Wales for the lost son of a wealthy uncle. These stories collide to give a humorous... Read Full Overview

An Outback Marriage is a novel written by Andrew Barton Paterson, an Australian author and poet. The book tells the story of a young woman named Jeanie who lives in the Australian outback. Jeanie is engaged to a man named Joe Wilson, but when he disappears while out on a cattle... Read Full Overview

""An Outback Marriage"" is a novel by Andrew Barton Paterson, set in the Australian outback. The story follows the lives of two young people, David and Jean, who fall in love and decide to get married. Despite their families' objections, they are determined to make their relationship... Read Full Overview

Short excerpt: In the Cassowary Club, weary, pallid waiters brought iced drinks to such of the members as were condemned to spend the summer in town.

"An Outback Marriage" from Banjo Paterson. Australian bush poet, journalist and author (1864-1941).

Extract: CHAPTER I. IN THE CLUB. It was a summer's evening in Sydney, and the north-east wind that comes down from New Guinea and the tropical islands over leagues of warm sea, brought on its wings a heavy depressing moisture. In the streets people walked listlessly, perspired,... Read Full Overview

It was a summer's evening in Sydney, and the north-east wind that comes down from New Guinea and the tropical islands over leagues of warm sea, brought on its wings a heavy depressing moisture. In the streets people walked listlessly, perspired, mopped themselves, and abused... Read Full Overview

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE (17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New... Read Full Overview

""An Outback Marriage"" is a novel by Andrew Barton Paterson, an Australian writer and poet. The book tells the story of a young woman named Jeanie who lives in the Australian outback. She falls in love with a man named Tom, who works as a stockman on her father's ranch. Despite... Read Full Overview

An Outback Marriage

Short excerpt: In the Cassowary Club weary pallid waiters brought iced drinks to such of the members as were condemned to spend the summer in town.

A young Englishman travels to the outback of Australia in search of an heir to a fortune back in England. He has various adventures along the way before he reaches his the end of his journey. It is a story of life in the outback in the late 1800s and has a mixture of adventure,... Read Full Overview