The Gun Ringer by Geoff Allen
This is the story of the old frontier where the young ringers rode hard and drank hard. A world where Aboriginal ringers were among the best horse-riders there were. A world where there were few white women and the men based their pride on their work with cattle and horses, their ability to fight and their mateship.Their only respite from work was when they went on a bender. In the end many of them succumbed as frail old men to Bosun rum and a lonely grave.

The book will introduce you to Old Smokey, King of the Underworld in the Kimberleys, Old Soapie's Lulu, Walmajari Susie and the savage spears of the munjons.

This book is an attempt to restore the mood, the excitement and the many yarns provoked by that legend, gun ringer Jack Vitnell.