Outback Publications
Acknowledgement of Roger Steele’s contribution towards research in various outback publications, including:
● Kidman the Forgotten King, by Jill Bowen;
● Not So Silent Sam, by Bobbie Buchanan;
● Indigenus Economic Development in Northern Australia – Opportunities and Constraints, by Don Fuller and Lee Parker;
● Payback at the Capricornia Casino, by Don Fuller;
● Lamarck’s Evolution by Drs E J Steele, R A Lindley and R Blanden;
References to Roger Steele and his involvement in Darwin / outback / pastoral / political life, in various publications, including:
● People of the Victoria River Region – An Album, by Pearl Ogden;
● Keep the Branding Iron Hot, by Bobbie Buchanan (Pat Underwood);
● Another Country, by Nicholas Rothwell;
● Wind on the Cattle, by Pic Willets and Merice Briffa;
● A Shared History – Aborigines and White Australians in the Victoria River District, NT by Darrell Lewis;
● Chasing Last Light – Aerial Mustering 1968-1978, by Pearl Ogden;
● From Humpty to Homestead, by Pearl Odgen;
● Horsemen of the Outback, by Don J Corcoran;
● Cowboy and His Acquaintances, by Pearl Ogden;
● They’re Off! Horseracing in the North, by Pearl Ogden;
● The Territory Party, The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party 1974-1998, by Alistair Heatley;
● Point of Order, The Legislative Assembly of the NT, 1974-1994, by Dean Jaensch & Deborah Wade Marshall;
● A Privileged Few by Jeff Hill;
Roger Steele has written the Forward / Introduction for the following outback publications:
● Not Without My Sons, by Lloyd Fogarty;
● Nothing Prepared Me, by Edna Quilty;
● The Boss Drover, by Annie Ingham;
● Before Helicopters and Roadtrains by Luke McCall;
● 1998 Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse;
● Horsebells and Hobblechains by Jeff Hill (publication contains a synopsis of Roger Steele’s life in the NT outback);
● Wild Cattle, Wild Country, Annie Ingham and Ernie Rayner;
Contributions to Northern Territory (NT) Parliamentary debates including:
● Numerous adjournment debate speeches (prepared for NT Chief Ministers) about NT unsung heroes;
● Progress of the Chinese Community in the NT (written to commemorate the opening of new NT Parliament in 1994);
Copies of Horsebells and Hobblechains can be obtained from Drovers Camp, Camooweal (0747 482022)
Copies of Wild Cattle, Wild Country can be obtained from Pauline Rayner (0429 110444)