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, Northern Territory 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 Northern Territory, 1974-1994, by     Dean Jaensch and 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 Driver, by Annie Ingham;

•   Before Helicopters and Roadtrains by Luke McCall;

•   1998 Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse;

•   Horsebells and Hobblechains by Jeff Hill (the publication contains a synopsis of          Roger Steele's life in the NT outback);

•   Wild Cattle, Wild Country, Annie Ingham and Ernie Rayner;

From left to right: Tom Pauling (NT Administrator),             From left to right: Ernie Rayner (joint author of Wild Cattle  Annie Ingham (author) and Roger Steele at the launch          Wild Country) with old timers Ian McBean,                          of Wild Cattle, Wild Country                                                               Emily Pankhurst and Roger Steele             

Contributions to Northern Territory (NT) Parliamentary debates including:

•   Numerous adjournment debate speeches (prepared for Northern Territory Chief     Ministers) about NT unsung heroes;

•   Progress of the Chinese Community in the NT (written to commemorate the opening of     the new NT Parliament in 1994);

Copies of Horsebells and Hobblechains are available for sale from Jeff Hill (0428-988710) $29.95

Copies of Wild Cattle, Wild Country are available from Ernie Rayner (08 89885559) $50.00.