How Long to Read Australia on Horseback

How Long Does it Take to Read Australia on Horseback?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Australia on Horseback by Cameron Forbes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The first horse set foot in Australia on 30 January 1788, one of seven aboard the First Fleet's Lady Penrhyn, which also carried a cargo of female convicts. From then on, horses carried explorers who opened up the country to settlement. They carried Aboriginal mounted police, trained as ruthless killers of their own people. Horses, often fine stolen animals, carried bushrangers who ruled the roads and bailed up townships: 'gentleman' Matthew Brady, 'brave' Ben Hall and the towering, controversial Ned Kelly. Horses carried men to war. Some 120,000 horses were sent to World War I battlefields: only one was brought home. Horses helped build the nation, marshalling the great flocks and herds, helping to create its myths. As they have since the early days of the colony, they carry our bets and, like the mighty Phar Lap in the Depression days, they have the power to lift our spirits. Cameron Forbes, author of the acclaimed Hellfire and The Korean War, uses the motif of the horse to tell the wider Australian story of settlement, exploration, dispossession and warfare. Australia on Horseback is a masterful achievement, a comprehensively researched and beautifully told history of a developing nation and a powerful tribute to the horse - bearer of men, hopes, fears and dreams.

How long is Australia on Horseback?

Australia on Horseback by Cameron Forbes is 395 pages long, and a total of 100,725 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 123% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Australia on Horseback Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 10 minutes to read Australia on Horseback aloud.

What Reading Level is Australia on Horseback?

Australia on Horseback is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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