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Author

Tim Bowden

Tim Bowden has an enviable reputation as a journalist, broadcaster and author. A household name through his long-running ABC television series Backchat, Tim has charmed Australian readers with his many books, from the war story genre with Changi Photographer, to history biography and reminiscence with, The Silence Calling, One Crowded Hour, and The Way My Father Tells It.

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Title:

The West Coasters

Written by:

Tim Bowden 

Read by:

Tim Bowden 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

2 

Duration:

2 hours 19 minutes 

Published:

November 01 2020 

Available Date:

November 01 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781867501206 

Genres:

Non-fiction; Australian; Biography; First Hand Accounts 

Publisher:

ABC Audio 

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AUD$ 24.95

AUD$ 24.95

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The Wild West of Tasmania, relived through the stories of its people.

The west coast of Tasmania has always held true to a distinct identity which endures to this day. It is based on geography and a history of isolation from the rest of the island. The mountain ranges running down the west of Tasmania are a natural barrier to the more populated eastern regions of the island, and flourished through exporting lumber and valuable minerals. Despite this, no roads existed to the east coast until 1932. In 1974 broadcaster Tim Bowden interviewed various Huon piners and miners, who remembered West Coast life back almost to the turn of the 20th century. Since then all the interviewees have passed on, but have left their stories immortalised in these recollections.