Kamarla: A Brumby's Tale

By Christine Butler and Ramir Quintana

An eight-month-old brumby is relocated from a state forest near Tin Can Bay in South East Queensland to a property with other brumbies, and from there, she is adopted by a family with two children.

When she arrives at her new home, she is given the name Kamarla and has some interesting interactions with the animals that live on the property, including Roy, the cattle dog, and Gertie, the thoroughbred.

At first she is frightened, especially of the children, but as time goes on, Kamarla adjusts to her new home and the animals and humans, with whom she shares her new life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Dec 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499032956

Christine Butler

Author Christine Butler is a semiretired journalist who lives in Gympie in the state of Queensland, Australia. She was inspired to write the story of Kamarla after interviewing the family while working as a journalist for the Gympie Times. After many interviews over the years with Anne Wilson from the South East Queensland Brumby Association and interviews with some of the people who adopted brumbies after they were relocated from the forest, she realized she had a genuine affection for the breed and a concern for their ongoing safety. Although she has travelled extensively, including the arduous trek across the Kokoda Track, the Gympie region, where she was born and raised, and the people who live there will always hold a special place in her heart.

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Copyright © 2014 by Christine Butler

ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-4990-3294-9

   EBook   978-1-4990-3295-6

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Rev. date: 02/02/2015

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Dedicated to John-Jack and Janah whose love of the little brumby named Kamarla inspired this story.

PREFACE

It is a little known fact that there are approximately 1 million brumbies in Australia. They live in the snowy mountains of the Victorian alps, in the deserts of the Northern Territory and in South East Queensland (SEQ), near Tin Can Bay, there are 1,300 living amongst the extensive pine plantations.

Throughout Australia where brumby numbers become unsustainable due to lack of water or food, or for environmental or safety reasons