Description
Stephen Whiteside knew that Spargo's Hut in the Australian mountains near Mt Hotham had been abandoned for many years. However, when he first visited it in 1982, he got a shock. It looked like it was still inhabited. Could he have been mistaken? Closer inspection revealed that it was, indeed, abandoned. However, its remoteness had allowed it to remain crammed full of all the items necessary for everyday living. There was a bed and pillow, a table and chairs, a Coolgardie safe, pots and pans, crockery and cutlery, a cheese grater, a fly spray pump, an oven mitt, a golf putter, books and magazines, and much, much more.
It looked to him as though a woman had lived there as well as a man. Who were these people who had lived in this one room hut above the snow line, and why? He resolved to find out...
Author: Stephen Whiteside
Publisher: Stephen Whiteside
Published: 04/26/2024
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781923216143
ISBN10: 1923216147
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- History | Australia & New Zealand | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
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