At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all, Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.

Cattle King: The Rags-to-Riches Story of Sidney Kidman in Outback Australia

IDRIESS, Ion L.

Angus&Robertson

Cattle King

Literature & Fiction

Coral Sea Calling

Angus and Robertson

ince the early days of settlement men, women, and children have battled the harshness of outback Australia to survive and in many cases prosper. But the price for settlement was high in the early days. Medical assistance was often thousands of miles away and children were raised without the benefit of education. The Australian Inland Mission, founded and led by the indomitable John Flynn, was the first organisation to recognise the unique needs of outback Australians. Here is Ion Idriess' classic account of Flynn's struggles and achievements as he sought to fulfill his dreams of bringing safety and communication to the outback Australians whom he loved and admired.

FLYNN OF THE INLAND

Contemporary

Cattle King: The Rags-to-Riches Story of Sydney Kidman in Outback Australia

Business & Money

Industries

Harpercollins Publisher

Opals and Sapphires: How to Work, Mine, Class, Cut, Polish and Sell Them

TBS The Book Service Ltd

This engrossing story by famous Australian author Ion Idriess is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King. At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all, Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend.

The Cattle King (A&R Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

HarperCollins AU

Find out why today's professional snipers still read Ion Idriess, the Australian guerrilla warfare specialist who distills the field experience of snipers from World Wars I and II, the Boer War, the British bush wars on the Indian and Afghanistan frontiers, and elsewhere into a highly readable and instructive guide. This classic on the art and science of military sniping provides instruction in such essential skills as hiding in the bush, remaining immobile to blend in to the environment, "freezing" to avoid detection by the enemy, applying camouflage to make yourself virtually invisible, learning to be adaptable to all types of situations, and more.

The Australian Guerrilla: Sniping

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Paladin Press

The scout is the eyes and ears of his army. No matter whether the fighting takes place in city or plain, on mountain or in desert or jungle, on mainland or island, through snow or swamp, every unit commander needs to know what is happening and where. In many cases only a scout can tell him. The Scout, by unconventional warfare specialist Ion Idriess, remains one of the best field guides ever written on combat scouting. Lively and instructive, and filled with anecdotes from Idriess' extensive combat experience, it covers such topics as finding your way around a combat zone; moving through the bush with stealth and skill; maintaining a sense of direction on a mission; seeing the enemy with your "mind's eye"; operating before and behind enemy lines; scouting at night; bringing back a report; and learning specialized secrets of observation and listening. Even with the availability of today's sophisticated surveillance gear, modern armies still require the services of skilled human scouts on the ground to make sense of the situation during the chaos of combat. This book is an essential primer on how to do it right.

Scout

Paladin Pr

Flynn of the Inland

Bolinda Publishing

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