Shearers, Coonamble, New South Wales, 1902

'... widely regarded by cycling historians as the definitive account of the emergence of cycling in Australia', Craig Fry'

One of the best books on sport written in Australia', Geoffrey Blainey

One of the final 18 candidates for the Australian National Book Council's

Book of the Year Award, 1980

Chosen by The Canberra Times as one

of the ten best books of the year, 1980.

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Ernie Fransden, kangaroo shooter, Dandaraga Station, West Australia, 1930s

Strawberry pickers, Tolga, Queensland, mid-1970s

Francis Birtles, New South Wales, early 1900s

Kookynie, Western Australia, 1903

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1895

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