Toni Tapp grew up on the massive Killarney Station, where her
stepfather, Bill Tapp, was a cattle king. But there was no 'big
house' here - Toni did not grow up in a large homestead. She lived
in a shack that had no electricity and no running water. The
oppressive climate of the Territory - either wet or dry - tested
everyone. Fish were known to rain from the sky and sometimes good
men drank too much and drowned trying to cross swollen rivers. Toni
grew up with the Aboriginal people who lived and worked on the
station, and got into scrapes with her ever-increasing number of
siblings. She loved where she grew up - she was happy on the land
with her friends and family, observing the many characters who made
up the community on Killarney. When she was sent to boarding school
all she wanted to do was go back to the land she loved, despite the
fact that her parents' marriage was struggling as Bill Tapp
succumbed to drink and June Tapp refused to go under with him.
Toni's love of the natural world and of people alike has resulted
in a tender portrait of a life that many people would consider
tough. She brings vividly to the page a story seldom seen: a
Territory childhood, with all its colour, characters and
contradictions.
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