An Outback Marriage

The posh, English daughter of an Australian pastoralist is sent to Kuryong station to learn the ropes. At the same time, a search is underway across the desolate innards of regional New South Wales for the lost son of a wealthy uncle. These stories collide to give a humorous take on the values of family, marriage and hard work, set in the beautiful backdrop of the Australian Outback. This was Banjo Paterson’s first novel after a string of widely celebrated poems written in the late 1800s. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

It was bad enough that Blythe Jones had to sit next to — and dance with! — rude, challenging, dangerously attractive Cal Whitworth at the wedding. It was definitely too much when his plane crashed on the way back and the two doctors had to spend the night in the wild. And as for his plea that Blythe should work in his Outback practice while his broken arm healed...well! But for some reason Blythe agreed. And the more she saw Cal — his dedication, his caring, his unnervingly sexy smile — the harder it was to remember why she was off men....

The posh, English daughter of an Australian pastoralist is sent to Kuryong station to learn the ropes. At the same time, a search is underway across the desolate innards of regional New South Wales for the lost son of a wealthy uncle. These stories collide to give a humorous take on the values of family, marriage and hard work, set in the beautiful backdrop of the Australian Outback. This was Banjo Paterson’s first novel after a string of widely celebrated poems written in the late 1800s.

An Outback Marriage Author: Andrew Barton Paterson a man's card meant. His fellow waiters, to whom he usually referred as "a lot of savages," were unfortunately in ignorance of the social distinction implied by membership of such a club. For a time there was nothing but the usual commonplace talk, while the soup and fish were disposed of; when they reached the champagne and the entrees, things become more homelike and conversation flowed. A bushman, especially when primed with champagne, is always ready to give his tongue a run and when he has two open-mouthed new chums for audience, as Gordon had, the only difficulty is to stop him before bed time; for long silent rides on the plain, and lonely camps at night, give him a lot of enforced silence that he has to make up for later.

An Outback Marriage

An Outback Marriage

Book Excerpt: a man's card meant. His fellow-waiters, to whom he usually referred as "a lot of savages," were unfortunately in ignorance of the social distinction implied by membership of such a club.For a time there was nothing but the usual commonplace talk, while the soup and fish were disposed of; when they reached the champagne and the entrées, things become more homelike and conversation flowed. A bushman, especially when primed with champagne, is always ready to give his tongue a run--and when he has two open-mouthed new chums for audience, as Gordon had, the only difficulty is to stop him before bed-time; for long silent rides on the plain, and lonely camps at night, give him a lot of enforced silence that he has to make up for later."Where are you from last, Gordon?" said the Bo'sun. "Haven't seen you in town for a long time.""I've been hunting wild geese," drawled the man from far back, screwing up one eye and inspecting a glass of champagne, which he drank off at a gulp. "That's whRead More

An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a tour of the colonies, who gets more than he bargained for when he sets out to find the heir to a fortune. This is the story not of one marriage but several, bringing the whole of colonial society - from the sqauttoracy to cattle rustlers - to vivid, unforgettable life. No writer better captured the heart of early Australia better than Paterson - the landscape, the weather, the trials and the earthy humour that was the key to survival.