Frontier Justice

By Tony Roberts

A History of the Gulf Country to 1900

The Gulf Country as described in this book runs from the Queensland Border with Northern territory to the old Overland Telegraph Line and from the Barkly Tableland to Roper River.

This book details the history of exploration, pastoralists, aboriginals and gold miners who passed through on their way from Queensland to The Kimberley goldfields.

From the 1870s, with the opening of the Coast Track, cattlemen eager to lay claim to vast tracts of station land brought cattle in massive numbers and destruction to precious lagoons and fragile terrain. Black and white conflict escalated into unfettered violence and retaliation that would extend into the next century, displacing, and in some areas destroying, the original inhabitants.

Soft cover. 316 pages. approx. 228mm X 152mm. First Edition (2005). APN 9780702233616. RRP $39.95