{"product_id":"the-incident-at-afghan-rocks","title":"The Incident At Afghan Rocks","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e*The Incident at Afghan Rocks* by Patrick Green is a tightly focused historical booklet that revisits a little-known moment on Australia’s frontier, where the camel routes of the inland met the harsh edge of the south coast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIn August 1894, a caravan of 108 camels and 17 Afghan cameleers reached Windanyer—now called Afghan Rocks—near Israelite Bay in Western Australia, after setting out from Bourke, New South Wales. Tensions over access to water escalated into a violent confrontation, leaving one man dead and another injured. Drawing on recorded documents from the time, this account preserves original spellings and place-name variations, offering readers a direct window into the sources rather than a smoothed-over retelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIdeal for readers of Australian history, Western Australian local history, colonial-era true events, and anyone interested in Afghan cameleers and the outback camel trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAdd it to your basket and explore a stark, revealing episode from 1890s Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51992672731412,"sku":"9780859054379","price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9780859054379_1.jpg?v=1771999739","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/the-incident-at-afghan-rocks","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}