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Woman's Plucky Ride Through the Never Never
Sun Miles recounts Mrs H C Shadforth's 900 mile horseback journey from Elsey Station in the Northern Territory to Brisbane via Burketown and Thursday Island. She and husband Mr Shadforth, manager of Else and Hudson stations, faced floods, isolation, stunts, and a wild buffalo encounter amid peril and adventure. The voyage included trailing 20 horses back to the Territory while Mrs Shadforth endured eye opening episodes and reunited with her children at Southport and Melbourne.
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H.C. Shadforth
Brisbane
Sun
Srisbane
Elser Station
Northern Territory
Burketown
Gulf of Carperdtar
Shadforth
Else and Hudson
Else
Mra Aeseas Gunn
Houta Hovder
Aoarney
Birketawa
Annamal
Yaseba
Imal
Atloention
Shadforthy
Rourke Lawn
Une
Burketawn
Thursday Island
Mackay
Mae
Southport
Melbourne