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Wharton's stories, based on interviews and conversations with Murri stockmen and women, document the contribution of Aboriginal workers to Australia's pastoral history. Wharton says: 'I felt honoured to be allowed to write the stories of these Aborigines, whose names are now recorded as part of the history of Australia' (Foreword to Cattle Camp).
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Herb Wharton Papers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection 2010; (p. 194-195) -
Murri Drovers Spin Some Great Yarns
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 28 February no. 120 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose 'This book, the second by Murri author and drover Herb Wharton, draws on his considerable yarn-spinning skills to capture in writing stories told by his friends of their droving days' (Source: Koori Mail, issue 120) -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 10 no. 1 1995; (p. 35)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose -
Black Marks, White Pages
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Boardwalk , Autumn vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Oodgeroo 1994 single work biography ; Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose ; Bridge of Triangles 1994 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 87-89)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose
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Black Marks, White Pages
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Boardwalk , Autumn vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Oodgeroo 1994 single work biography ; Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose ; Bridge of Triangles 1994 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 10 no. 1 1995; (p. 35)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose -
Murri Drovers Spin Some Great Yarns
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 28 February no. 120 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose 'This book, the second by Murri author and drover Herb Wharton, draws on his considerable yarn-spinning skills to capture in writing stories told by his friends of their droving days' (Source: Koori Mail, issue 120) -
Town and Country
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 November 1994; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Bridge of Triangles 1994 single work novel ; Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose -
Forecasts
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 74 no. 1051 1994; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories 1994 anthology prose -
Herb Wharton Papers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection 2010; (p. 194-195) -
[Review Essay] Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories
1994
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1994; (p. 84-85)'About fifty years ago, Ion Idriess wrote a book about cattle and the wide open spaces of the outback. He called it Cattle Camp. It was fiction. In 1994, Herb Wharton wrote a book in a similar vein. He called it Cattle Camp; but there is no fiction here. Rather, it is a book about the real world of drovers and their cattle. The tales of these Aboriginal stockmen and stockwomen are sometimes sad and sometimes humorous, but always entertaining. For instance, it is a little-known fact that the only Japanese prisoner-of-war taken on Australian soil was, in fact, taken by an unarmed Aborigine!' (Introduction)
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