Barcaldine residents and travellers are advised that the Barcaldine Showground will be closed to camping from Wednesday 25 September to Sunday 30 September 2024 re-opening on Monday 1st October 2024.
The following publications are available for purchase. For more information or if you wish to purchase a copy of any of the following books then please see below for availability. An additional postage fee is payable.
Flowers in the Dust
Botanical watercolour paintings by Jenifer Mace
Botanical text by William Green and Martina Dexter
The Desert Uplands region is sandwiched between the brigalow belt to the east and the Mitchell grass downs to the west. Astride the Great Dividing Range and comprising four percent of Queensland's land surface, it is a region of eroded sandstone plateaus and extensive sand plains. Little known until recent land use controversies thrust it into the limelight, the Desert Uplands support an abundant diversity of flora.
Flowers in the Dust honours the region's botanical heritage through the exquisite watercolour paintings of Barcaldine artist Jenny Mace. Jenny's work vividly demonstrates that there is beauty and significance to be found in the flowers that grow in the Desert's dust.
$25.00 incl GST
$40.00 incl GST (postage and handling)
This book by Peter and Shelia Forrest, preeminent historians of the bush, tells the story of the 1891 Strike - what happened, why the strike was focused on Barcaldine and how it changed Australia.
Crossing the divide: A History of Alpha and Jericho by Janice Cooper
This is a fascinating account of the history of the Jericho Shire. With over 800 people named, 86 + Photographs, 55 + Archival Extracts, 24 Maps, Plans and Tables, along with detailed Appendices and index.
Sensational Cattle Stealing Case by Albert H. Sutton
A historical novel, an Australian Bush yarn and like all yarns - where are the boundaries between thruth and fiction. The cattle were stolen , as we all know, but the actual duffers had all died when this book was written in 1909.
This book details the Barcaldine story from early European exploration, the early pastoral runs, the railway, the shearers strikes to amalgamation and lots more in between. A chronicle of western Queensland as well as of Barcaldine.