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Starlight's Trail - Harry Redford's epic journey down the Cooper
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In 1870 a small-time cattle thief named Harry Redford stole a 1000 head of cattle and a white bull from Bowen Downs property in central Queensland. He then drove his stolen herd down the Barcoo River, Cooper's Creek and the Strzelecki Track into South Australia to dispose of them.
Thus began one of the most amazing overlanding feats in Australian history. Not only did Harry Redford succeed in crossing a remote and inhospitable wilderness where others had failed before him, but his exploits alone ensured him a permanent place in the folk imagination of the day. Rolf Boldrewood in his mortalised Harry as the bushranger, Captain Starlight.
Starlight's Trail traces the remarkable journey that Henry Redford made. Both author and photographer have tried to recreate the social conditions of the time and the places through which Harry passed. The books also describes the present and how people of the region view their folk hero, Harry Redford. Above all, the stark and mysterious landscape along the Cooper and in Sturt's Stony Desert is vividly brought to life in both text and photographs.
In 1870 a small-time cattle thief named Harry Redford stole a 1000 head of cattle and a white bull from Bowen Downs property in central Queensland. He then drove his stolen herd down the Barcoo River, Cooper's Creek and the Strzelecki Track into South Australia to dispose of them.
Thus began one of the most amazing overlanding feats in Australian history. Not only did Harry Redford succeed in crossing a remote and inhospitable wilderness where others had failed before him, but his exploits alone ensured him a permanent place in the folk imagination of the day. Rolf Boldrewood in his mortalised Harry as the bushranger, Captain Starlight.
Starlight's Trail traces the remarkable journey that Henry Redford made. Both author and photographer have tried to recreate the social conditions of the time and the places through which Harry passed. The books also describes the present and how people of the region view their folk hero, Harry Redford. Above all, the stark and mysterious landscape along the Cooper and in Sturt's Stony Desert is vividly brought to life in both text and photographs.
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