Riding the Wildman Plains : The Letters and Diaries of Tom Cole, 1923-1943

AUSTRALIANA Biography Aboriginal Agriculture Papua New Guinea –

Account of the life of an English buffalo hunter in the Northern Territory; Aboriginal workers skinning and drying buffalo hides; references to tribal Aborigines.

Author of “Hell West and Crooked”.

First Edition. SUPERIOR COPY!

• vi, 232 p. : ill., plans, ports. ; 26 cm. #210725

• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Hunting – Buffalo
  • Race relations – Racism – Stereotyping
  • Occupations – Pastoral industry workers
  • Wildman River (NT Top End SD52-04)

  Subject:

  • Cole, Tom, 1906-1995
  • Cole, Tom, 1906-1995 — Correspondence
  • Cole, Tom, 1906-1995 — Diaries
  • Stockmen — Northern Territory — Correspondence
  • Stockmen — Northern Territory — Diaries
  • Stockmen — Northern Territory — Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life — Northern Territory
  • Thomas Ernest Cole OAM (28 February 1906 – 9 December 1995)^[1] was a labourer, stockman, buffalo hunter, crocodile shooter, coffee grower, and writer who rode the Australian Northern Territory outback.^[2]