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Twenty women share their incredible stories of surviving and
thriving in the remote Australian 'Gulf Country', near the Gulf of
Carpentaria. Gulf women are self-sufficient, generous, and can cope
with almost anything that life and the environment throws at them:
floods, drought, sickness, emergencies. Whether they are graziers,
fisherwomen, ringers, women in tourism, aviation and education,
Indigenous women or descendants from early women settlers, this
powerful book gives these women a voice to tell their own stories.
There are stories of new mothers on properties isolated and
inaccessible for months in the wet season; women giving birth at
home with only neighbours to assist; reminiscences from last
century and World War II, and accounts of fishing in the Gulf in
sometimes unimaginable conditions. From the kids wanting a baby
croc for a pet to the terror of a snake bite with a flooded
airstrip and impassable roads, these women treat the extraordinary
events in their lives as just part of their remote way of life. Set
in a world of vast landscapes, distance and merciless climate,
Beyond the Outback contains riveting tales of the lives of the
women who live, work and raise families in one of Australia's most
isolated regions. It will be loved by readers of Sara Henderson,
Toni Tapp Coutts and Terry Underwood.
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