Mallee Roots To New Horizons
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded and creased cover;
In the vast, scrubby heartland of Australia's Mallee region, where red dust and resilience shaped generations of settlers, Mallee Roots to New Horizons chronicles one family's remarkable journey from hardscrabble rural origins to broader horizons beyond. Sylvia Cust draws on personal memory and historical detail to construct a vivid portrait of life in the Australian Mallee — a landscape as demanding as it is defining — tracing the threads of family, community, and identity that bound its people together and ultimately propelled them outward. Sitting at the intersection of memoir and social history, this work illuminates the quiet courage of ordinary Australians navigating the sweeping changes of the twentieth century, from the isolation of rural Depression-era life to the expanding possibilities of post-war Australia. Cust's prose is intimate and unhurried, steeped in the cadences of a storyteller who lived these stories before she wrote them. For readers drawn to the rich, underrepresented narratives of regional Australia, this is a testament to place and perseverance that lingers long after the final page.
Author: Sylvia Cust
Format: Paperback
Published: 1990
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded and creased cover;
In the vast, scrubby heartland of Australia's Mallee region, where red dust and resilience shaped generations of settlers, Mallee Roots to New Horizons chronicles one family's remarkable journey from hardscrabble rural origins to broader horizons beyond. Sylvia Cust draws on personal memory and historical detail to construct a vivid portrait of life in the Australian Mallee — a landscape as demanding as it is defining — tracing the threads of family, community, and identity that bound its people together and ultimately propelled them outward. Sitting at the intersection of memoir and social history, this work illuminates the quiet courage of ordinary Australians navigating the sweeping changes of the twentieth century, from the isolation of rural Depression-era life to the expanding possibilities of post-war Australia. Cust's prose is intimate and unhurried, steeped in the cadences of a storyteller who lived these stories before she wrote them. For readers drawn to the rich, underrepresented narratives of regional Australia, this is a testament to place and perseverance that lingers long after the final page.