Table of Contents

FOREWORD 8 Prologue AMONG FREE PEOPLE: TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO AND PAUL STRZELECKI 10 Chapter One THE MAJOR 16 Chapter Two POLITICS OF WATER 30 Chapter Three ON A WING AND A PRAYER 46 Chapter Four JINGLE OF BIT, CREAK OF LEATHER 68 Chapter Five CONVERGENCE 86 Chapter Six TENTATIVE BEGINNINGS 118 Chapter Seven BUSH COOK 148 Chapter Eight TUNNELS OF BLOOD 160 Chapter Nine NEW AUSTRALIANS 188 Chapter Ten THE LAWMAN 212 Chapter Eleven WINTER 230 Chapter Twelve FLOODS AND REBELLION 246 Chapter Thirteen AFTERMATH 264 Chapter Fourteen NEW CHALLENGES 282 Chapter Fifteen INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 298 Appendix One ROLL OF HONOUR 308 Appendix Two TECHNICAL INFORMATION 311 INDEX OF PEOPLE 322 GLOSSARY OF ABORIGINAL NAMES 327

About the Author

Brad Collis is one of Australias most credible historical writers. In addition to the enduringly popular SNOWY history, he is also the author of the acclaimed history of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation -- Fields of Discovery, launched in 2002 by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who noted at the time that Collis had mastered, compellingly, the history of the two most dominant influences of Australias development as a modern nation; the Snowy Scheme and the CSIRO.