From Chart House to Bush Hut / Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush

A seaman describes leaving long ocean coal runs to take up life as a selector in the Queensland scrub, tracing the transition from shipboard monotony and port hardships to landholding, land clearing, and improvised camp existence. He recounts the practical work of fencing, housebuilding, and farm improvements, and records weather extremes, accidents, and the demands of managing stock and bullock teams. Social routines, occasional pleasures, and domestic beginnings, including marriage and household struggles, are interwoven with vivid scenes of burning off, cyclones, and the steady effort required to make a living in remote bush country.