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    Of Bushmen and Brumbies: Rhythms of the Bush
    Of Bushmen and Brumbies: Rhythms of the Bush
    Of Bushmen and Brumbies: Rhythms of the Bush
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    Of Bushmen and Brumbies: Rhythms of the Bush

    By Helen Iles

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    This book is just chockers of tales told in rhyme, of bushmen and brumbies and seasons in time, of drovers and breakers who work this vast land, finding the rhythm that few understand; tales of excitement and tales of awe, tributes that include our Walers of war. Days of now and days of back then all unfold in the stroke of a pen.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinellen Press
    Release dateDec 10, 2018
    ISBN9781876922887
    Of Bushmen and Brumbies: Rhythms of the Bush
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    Helen Iles

    Perth author Helen Iles is a horse breaker and trainer when not writing prose or poetry. Many of these poems were composed from her personal experiences as a horse rider and trainer over many years and during her travels through the outback. In this collection of poems The Horse From Ethel Creek was awarded the ABC's State Country Session Poetry Prize; The Breaker's Walk received a highly commended certificate at the Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts; Any Place received a Commended Award in the Ethel Webb Bundell Literary Awards and Kimberley Dream gained a Special Mention in the Bronze Quill SWW-WA Awards.

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