
Walkabout
Arthur Upfield(Author)
ETT Imprint (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-923527-15-7 (ISBN)
Description
Arthur Upfield is known internationally for his crime novels featuring Bony, the Aboriginal Detective. In these thirteen stories written for Walkabout magazine between 1934 and 1949 and published in book form for the first time, readers will travel well beyond the cities, aided by maps and original photographs - through Cooper's Creek, visiting Lake Frome in South Australia, patrol the rabbit-proof fence in the West, pearling in Broome or go angling for Swordfish at Bermagui. Many of these stories give colour and detail to his more celebrated novels using the same settings as his crime novels. Another describes the Australian Geographical Society's 5000 mile venture from Perth to the Kimberleys and back, which was led by Upfield in 1948.
Truly a book to remind us of the "walkabout" - a journey (originally on foot) undertaken by the Australian Aboriginal in order to live in the traditional manner.
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
219 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-923527-15-7 (9781923527157)
Schweitzer Classification