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Walkabout through the Life of Jack Crombie

Walkabout through the Life of Jack Crombie

by Gwen Crombie and Jack Crombie

About The Book

Jack Crombie is a full blood Aboriginal of the Yakunytjatjara people. He tells his story of tribal life in the far north of central South Australia, walkabout with his family as a child, station life with the Crombie family on Mount Eba, South Australia.

This book is told in Jack’s perspective. It chronicles how he made a name for himself as a rough rider and how he was famed for doing what he loved most—rodeo riding and traveling.

Jack continued his career even after sustaining injuries when he was impaled on a post after being thrown from a bucking horse. On returning to South Australia in 1979, Jack continued to station work in the Coober Pedy area before returning to the town to live, trying his luck at opal mining while working with the town council on the Water Works project. In 1993, Jack joined the South Australian Police Force.

Details
Publication date April 28,2023
Language English
ISBN (Paperback)
979-8-88963-109-5 (E-BOOK)
Genre Nonfiction, Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Specifications
Pages 108
Interior Color Black and White
Book Size 6.000" x 9.000" (229mm x 152mm)

About The Author

Jack Crombie is a full blood Aboriginal of the Yakunytjatjara people. He tells his story of tribal life in the far north of central South Australia, walkabout with his family as a child, station life with the Crombie family on Mount Eba, South Australia.

This book is told in Jack’s perspective. It chronicles how he made a name for himself as a rough rider and how he was famed for doing what he loved most—rodeo riding and traveling.

Jack continued his career even after sustaining injuries when he was impaled on a post after being thrown from a bucking horse. On returning to South Australia in 1979, Jack continued to station work in the Coober Pedy area before returning to the town to live, trying his luck at opal mining while working with the town council on the Water Works project. In 1993, Jack joined the South Australian Police Force.

 

Gwen, Jack’s wife, was born in Colac, Victoria. She grew up on a diary farm in the Western District. While raising a family, Gwen never lost her dream of continuing her nursing career. In 1986, she moved to Katherine, Northern Territory, followed by Coober Pedy, South Australia, where the outback cast its magic, and Gwen stayed on nursing and studied at the University of South Australia for a degree in Aboriginal studies. In 1996, Gwen took up the challenge as manager of Umoona Aged Care Aboriginal Corporation. She successfully gained funds and won the political battles to gain the Aboriginal Aged Care Accommodation Facility for the community as part of the Coober Pedy Hospital Campus. 

Gwen’s other ambition at school was to write a book. That happened when she met Jack Crombie. Gwen and Jack married in December 1996, at Hookey Waterhole in Neales Creek, Oodnadatta.

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