Darrell Lewis

The Murranji - a waterhole, a region, a track - a legend. Although only 240 kilometres long, of all the hard stockroutes in Australia the Murranji Track gained one of the fiercest reputations.

The story of the Murranji Track is a story of determiantion in the face of neglect and indifference. For years requests were made for the Government to improve water supplies, to clear a corridor through the scrub, to wipe out poisonous plants, to establish stock reserves, and for years little was done.

This book provides the definitive account of the track, from the time of the Aborigines and early explorers, to its opening by the legendary 'Bluey' Buchanan, the beginning of the great droving era in 1904 and it's demise in the 1960s. It deals with attempts to establish stations in the area, the deaths along the track, the exploits of cattle duffers, the record dry stage set by the Farquharson brothers, legends of lost goldmines, and the famous 'Bagman's Gazette' -the messages, drawings and notices written on the stock route water tanks by the drovers and other travellers.