The Man From Coolibah
The extraordinary outback life of a Northern Territory cattleman
$28.53
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2012
Summary
The youngest in a family of five, Milton Jones grew up on large properties in the outback. His father was a farm manager and so his early life was a world away from that of city kids. Milton left school in Queensland in his mid teens and moved back to the Northern Territory. Mustering was in his blood and so his first job was as a bullcatcher.
Milton Jones is a man of his environment; tough and hardworking with a firm opinion on most things that he isn’t afraid to share. The story of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733629570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733629571 |
| Author: | Milton Jones, James Knight |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 154mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Milton Jones
James Knight, a country boy himself who was raised in the New South Wales country town of Gunnedah, is an award-winning television reporter and bestselling author of biographies, whose career over the last decade has spanned Sydney metropolitan radio, press and television.
Milton Jones is a self-made success from the Northern Territory, who started work in the early 1980s as a bullcatcher on remote inland cattle stations, before buying Coolibah Station in 1988. He is now the sole owner of a helicopter business that specialises in aerial mustering, government work and tourism flights over Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge and Kakadu.
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