The final Volume in this popular series, it's back to a mixed bag of bushcrafts.
More fencing tips and bush furniture designs, as well as instructions on saddle repairs and making a bridle.
For the seaman there are instructions on making a sou-wester, and a stockman's coat for the bushies.
Does your milking cow go walkabout? Make her a condamine bell!
This book also contains a full index to the whole ten books in the Bushcraft series.160 pages, 574 drawings.
Vol 1 of a 10 Volume Set - the largest work on Australian Bush Crafts to have been published.
So popular it is still in print after over 20 years, almost a standard reference library for bushies Australia wide!
Illustrations and simple instructions for simple bush crafts such as fencing, building, leatherwork, knots, fishnets, whips and more.
The oldest, simplest form of earth building but rarely used in the West.
Rammed earth and mud brick have been well tested over the past few years, while cob techniques are known by a few experts.
A book dealing with the folksong of the same name, and based on the research of the late Bob Mitchell.
Nicely illustrated by Ron Edwards.
Make a plain bridle with out rings or buckles, a bushman's extended head bridle or a Barcoo bridle.
Also covered is a more decorative plaited bridle, and a permanent bridle made from rope.
Make a plain leather belt into an attractive item by adding some decorative leather braiding. The techniques are simple and easy to learn.
Also included are instructions for making a flexible snakewhip.
Written and illustrated by Ron Edwards.
Was originally published in 1976 and although the reviews were very good and the first edition sold out it was decided not to do a reprint because of the high cost involved.
It has since become a rare and hard to get item and after receiving numerous enquiries, a decision was made to reprint a small edition containing all the songs exactly as they had appeared in the first edition.
A book for the complete beginner. How to buy leather, set up with basic tools, apply a design and colour the leather. Simple lacing techniques and a few easy projects to get you going. Some designs included.
How to build strong stable earth walls. Possibly faster than mud bricks.
Various methods with full details including how to make use of bush timber.
By Keith McKenry. Australia's Lost Folk Songs is number 25 in the longstanding series of Australian Folklore Occasional Papers.
It is dedicated to the memory of Ron Edwards, founder of the Rams Skull Press and Australia's most prolific collector of folk songs and bush craft, who died while the book was being prepared for printing.
Happily, the book is graced by Ron's delightful illustrations. He was a giant in the field of Australian folklore.
