Summary
Tough Outback: A Kiwi’s Tales from the Wild West of Mining
In 1989, Mike Bellamy, a young man from New Zealand, ventured to Wiluna, a remote town bordering the Western Desert. Driven by the allure of Australia’s booming mining industry, he quickly discovered a raw and untamed world. Survival depended on vigilance, adherence to unwritten rules, and sharp thinking.
Bellamy’s collection of stories paints a vivid picture of life in this hardscrabble land, filled with dongas, doz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781775542131 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1775542130 |
| Author: | Mike Bellamy |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 409g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Mike Bellamy
Mike Bellamy is a New Zealand author and earthworks contractor who lives in Taupo, New Zealand. His first book, Tough Country, was about the lives of loggers, hunters, scrub-cutters, fencers and bushmen in the New Zealand hinterland. Bellamy also spent 30 years in the mining country of Western Australia, which is the setting for his second book of yarns, Tough Outback.
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