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Australia’s Muslim Cameleers Pioneers of the inland 1860s–1930s PB 192 PP 285 x 215 4-COL T/OUT ISBN 9781862547780 $39.95 Wakefield Press December 2007 Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia’s Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia’s vast expanses. Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and the book contains a biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers. Also by Philip Jones: Boomerang: Behind an Australian icon Ochre & Rust: Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers |