Australia's Muslim cameleers : pioneers of the inland 1860s-1930s / Philip Jones and Anna Kenny.
Material type: TextPublication details: Kent Town, SA : Wakefield Press, c2007.Description: 191 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781862547780
- 23 305.8927
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book or Printed Material | Main Library Library | Main Collection | 305.8927 J78 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IMUAC030445 |
Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia's vast expanses.
Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and the book contains a biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers.
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