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The Bush Boy's Book: Heritage Edition
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The Bush Boy's Book: Heritage Edition
Current price: $20.24
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The Bush Boy's Book: Heritage Edition
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Uniquely Australian, and the first Australian bushcraft book to be published and gain a wide readership,
was published in 1911 and was considered compulsory bushcraft reading until at least the 1940s for all bushmen, scouts, cadets, army recruits, farmer's sons and early outdoor enthusiasts of all types. This was the book our grandfathers and great grandfathers ravenously pored over by gas, kerosene or candle light, committing every little hint and tip to memory.
Today, over 100 years after it was first published, this fine book has been all but forgotten. It's time to bring it to a new generation of bushcrafters, scouts and outdoor recreation devotees.
In October 1911, the Perth Western Mail's Literary Editor had this to say about the book: