Great Australian Outback Teaching Stories

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: ABC Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 292 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher.Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus there were the duties of gardener, cleaner, nurse, registrar, office administrator, free milk dispenser, librarian and, on occasions, school bus driver. Oh, and in one school I was even responsible for mother craft. And being male and just nineteen, as I was at the time, you might imagine my surprise when a young girl asked me, Sir, whats the best milk for babiesMaster storyteller Bill Swampy Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our extraordinary outback teachers and their students whose recollections so perfectly capture those special days of growing up in the bush.

ISBN: 9780733333156