by Cook, R
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First published in Australia in 2013
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Print data:
Cook, Rob, author.
When the dust settles: a memoir of a life lost, and found again, on Australia’s most remote cattle station / Rob Cook with Carl Curtain.
ISBN 978 0 7333 3090 2 (pbk)
ISBN 978 0 7304 9996 1 (epub)
Cook, Rob.
Cook, Rob. – Family.
Ranchers – Queensland – Biography.
Rodeo performers – Australia – Biography.
Helicopters – Accidents – Queensland.
Quadriplegics – Australia – Biography.
Quadriplegics – Rehabilitation – Australia – Biography.
Ranch life – Queensland.
Suplejack Downs Station (Qld.) – Social life and customs.
Curtain, Carl, author.
636.0092
Cover design by Christa Moffitt, Christabella Designs
Cover image supplied courtesy of Rob Cook
Map by www.ianfaulknerillustrator.com