The Western Australian No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence was the longest unbroken line of fence in the world. When it was completed in 1907 it stretched 1833 kilometres from Starvation Boat Harbour on the south coast to a point near Cape Keraudren on the north west coast.

The Fence was built to stem the devastatingly destructive hordes of rabbits eating their way west across Australia. On completion it was maintained by eight boundary riders.

ISBN 0 85905 147 1

1991, Soft Cover, 198pp, illustrated, 270grams, $28.00 + POST

THE AUTHOR

Frank Broomhall arrived in Western Australia early in 1923. At the age of twenty-two he selected a North Bencubbin block and worked as a farmhand. Joining the Rabbit Department in 1926 he spent fourteen months on the Rabbit Proof Fence as a Boundary Rider, forming the basis of an interest which has resulted in this book.

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