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Image of Wooden Ships & Stockmen: the passing of an era in the Bass Strait islands DVD
Author Gary Kerr
Binding Plastic Cased
Edition Water resistant
Publisher Mainsail Books
Release Date 01 Jan 1970
Price
$29.95
Weight 0.720kg
ISBN 9780957791787

Dodging ships and weathering gale, the small ships were the lifeblood of the islands, bring in the necessities of life and taking away island produce including livestock, dairy produce and mutton birds in season.We hear from the people who were there and did it all. The Stackhouse brothers, Alf and Brian, have raised stock on some of the outer islands for over 60 years. They are the last of their kind. Now in thier mid 80\'s they are considering givin it up. They plan to remove thier stock from the islands. This will be their last muster. These islands will revert to the wild and another colourful chapter will come to an end.