Camping By A Billabong by Robert French
SKU: B-000757

Camping By A Billabong

Author: Robert French
Special Features: Illustrated, Personalised
Condition: A whited out personal stamp on the cover page. The pages are otherwise clean and tidy. No writing. No dog ears. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir History Australiana

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.
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Camping By A Billabong is Robert French’s 1993 illustrated memoir of growing up gay in rural Australia, told through the lens of family camping trips beside outback waterholes. Blackwattle Press released this vintage paperback for adult and young-adult readers curious about local history and queer Australian voices.

The book is clean and tightly bound; only a discreetly whited-out personal stamp on the cover page hints at its previous owner. Every page remains free of marks, smells, or creases, making it a collector-friendly copy of an increasingly scarce title.

French blends campfire storytelling with social history, capturing both the serenity of billabong nights and the tensions of life on the margins in 1950s–60s Australia. Illustrated snapshots and personalised touches enhance the immediacy of his recollections.

Ideal for enthusiasts of Australian camping narratives, LGBTQ+ biography, or regional Australiana, this copy offers a ready-to-read window into a singular outback upbringing.