The Resource Along my way, Harold Hunt
Along my way, Harold Hunt
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The item Along my way, Harold Hunt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
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- Summary
- Harold Hunt was born in 'The Bush', that is the Corner Country, in far western New South Wales. Horse and buggy were still the main mode of transport and, as a child during the Great Depression, he was fascinated by the mystery of the many swagmen who trod the dirt tracks. His parents separated when he was young, and his half-caste Aboriginal mother raised eight children on her own. He left school at the age of 14, working as a stockman with dreams of becoming a boss drover. But the lure of earning a steady income and the itinerant lifestyle of a shearer beckoned and was to be his occupation for the next 20 years. By age 34, he was the father of four and a raging alcoholic, violent and causing suffering to those he loved. Then a chance meeting with some mates set him on the path to recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous. Always looking for new opportunities and challenges, he chanced upon a training course as a counsellor to alcoholics and other drug addicts. So began a career in the public service, with his determination to help others who were experiencing the hell he himself had survived. At 87, Harold was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in recognition of his services to the community. This is an autobiography of an extraordinary life, during a period of dramatic social change in Australia
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Along my way
- Title
- Along my way
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold Hunt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Harold Hunt was born in 'The Bush', that is the Corner Country, in far western New South Wales. Horse and buggy were still the main mode of transport and, as a child during the Great Depression, he was fascinated by the mystery of the many swagmen who trod the dirt tracks. His parents separated when he was young, and his half-caste Aboriginal mother raised eight children on her own. He left school at the age of 14, working as a stockman with dreams of becoming a boss drover. But the lure of earning a steady income and the itinerant lifestyle of a shearer beckoned and was to be his occupation for the next 20 years. By age 34, he was the father of four and a raging alcoholic, violent and causing suffering to those he loved. Then a chance meeting with some mates set him on the path to recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous. Always looking for new opportunities and challenges, he chanced upon a training course as a counsellor to alcoholics and other drug addicts. So began a career in the public service, with his determination to help others who were experiencing the hell he himself had survived. At 87, Harold was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in recognition of his services to the community. This is an autobiography of an extraordinary life, during a period of dramatic social change in Australia
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1925-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hunt, Harold John
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hunt, Harold John
- Aboriginal Australians
- Government consultants
- Leadership, Aboriginal Australian
- Aboriginal Australians
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Along my way, Harold Hunt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225858873
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 362 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781925231298
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, genealogical table
- Label
- Along my way, Harold Hunt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225858873
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 362 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781925231298
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, genealogical table
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