A Way Through The Life of Rick Farley

Engaging and informative, this is the biography of a unique man whose determination and sense of justice has left a lasting legacy for many Australians: Rick Farley. From his boyhood in Queensland to his tragic death in 2006, this account demonstrates how Farley became the head of the Cattlemen's Union and National Farmers' Federation, a key figure in the Landcare movement, and a public campaigner for indigenous rights and reconciliation, and how he acquired an insider's view of many key political and social changes in Australia throughout his 30 years in the public eye. Readers interested in environmental, regional, an indigenous issues in Australia will find Farley's determination, skill, and passion inspiring.

Susan Boden is a landscape architect and teacher who studied the impact on Australian landscapes of unsettled Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal relations. Nicholas Brown is a historian of Australia’s changing social, political, and economic context in the 20th century. He is the former Keith Cameron Chair in Australian History at the University College Dublin in Ireland and the former deputy editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.