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Main Title:	Sin, sweat and sorrow : the making of Capricornia, Queensland 1840s-1940s / edited by Liz Huf, Lorna McDonald and David Myers.
Author:	McDonald, Lorna, 1916- Myers, David A.,1942-2007. Huf, Liz.
Imprint:	Central Queensland University Press, 1993.
Collation:	xi, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, hardcover ; 30 cm.

Subject:	First Nations Australians First Nations Australians - - Massacres and frontier violence Women Pacific Islanders Bushrangers Gold mines and mining World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 The Great Depression (1929) Myths and legends Queensland - General histories Capricornia (Qld.)
ISBN:	0908140827 1875998810 (ppk)
Notes:	1994 reprint published under the 'Papunya Press' imprint, and in association with Australian Scholarly Publishing. Includes bibliographical references. A colourful history of the region, with chapters on bush legends, bushrangers, the goldfields, cattle duffers, King O'Malley & Breaker Morant, the railway to Longreach, birth of Qantas.