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Originally Posted by CRussel
Just started reading Tracks: One Women's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback. So far, so good, except that I can tell that I'm going to have to have my Aussie neighbour on speed-dial for some of the vocabulary. It's full of Australian slang, some of which I haven't run across before.
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A solid 4 stars. There's quite a comprehensive indictment of the Australian treatment of it's original population, and a recognition that the author, despite spending time with, and supporting the cause of, the Indigenous Peoples, can never really understand. Considering when it was published (1980), this is better than one might have expected. There's also a real appreciation and love for the beauty of the desert, something that I've never personally been able to see, but this made me want to try again.
And, all that aside, I started this before breakfast and spent the entire day with my head in my Kindle, finishing up before bed. I rarely do that any more, so definitely a good read.