An Illustrated Heritage Guide to Western Queensland.
This book introduces the historic heritage of the state's semi-arid western region - a land where dinosaurs once roamed - still a frontier country offering spectacular landscapes with a history you can reach out and touch. Each year many visitors make the pilgrimage to the Dig Tree on Cooper Creek, visit the Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach and Winton's Waltzing Matilda Centre, or attend the annual Birdsville races.
The book is an easy-to-use guide for making the most of your western Queensland travel experience. With photographs and maps, it describes about 500 special places throughout the Outback and in the Matilda Highway towns from Cunnamulla to Karumba.
Journey to historical places made famous by Australian icons including the bush poet Banjo Paterson, explorers Burke and Wills, cattle rustler "Captain Starlight", Qantas founder Hudson Fysh, Kidman the cattle king, Flynn of the iNland, and a dinosaur named Muttaburrasaurus langdoni.
Choose from eight highway trails that showcase the exciting natural and cultural heritage treasures of Queensland's Outback. The eight heritage trails are Matilda Highway Trail, Opal Fields Trail, Cooper Creek Trail, Channel Country Trail, The Wool Trail, Barcoo and Thomson Trail, Overlander's Trail, Copper Fields Trail.
An ideal reference for historians, residents, travellers and tourists - this book contains over 400 colour prints, historic photos and colour maps to guide you. This is the definitive heritage tour guide to outback Queensland.
