The Tin Scratchers

The Tin Scratchers

Author	Ion Idriess
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Angus and Robertson
Publication date	1959
Pages	260

The Tin Scratchers: The Story of Tin Mining in the Far North is a 1959 book by Ion Idriess.^[1] It is an account of Idriess' attempts at making a fortune mining in the Cape York Peninsula and how he became involved in tin mining.^[2]

References

↑ "YOUR BOOKSHELF". The Australian Women's Weekly 27, (31) (Australia, Australia). 6 January 1960. p. 33. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ Book description at Trove

External links

The Tin Scratchers at AustLit

Works by Ion Idriess

Novels	Madman's Island (1927) Drums of Mer (1933) Forty Fathoms Deep (1937) Isles of Despair (1947) The Wild White Man of Badu (1950) The Red Chief (1953)

Instructional	Prospecting for Gold (1931) Cyaniding for Gold (1939) Fortunes in Minerals (1941) Opals and Sapphires (1967)

Biographies	Lasseter's Last Ride (1931) Flynn of the Inland (1932) The Cattle King (1936) Horrie the Wog-dog (1945)

Autobiography	The Desert Column (1932) Men of the Jungle (1932) Madman's Island (1938) (revision) Lightning Ridge (1940) Back o' Cairns (1958) The Tin Scratchers (1959) My Mate Dick (1962)

History	Gold Dust and Ashes (1933) Man Tracks (1935) The Silent Service (1944) Stone of Destiny (1948) Outlaws of the Leopolds (1952) The Nor'-westers (1954) The Silver City (1956) Coral Sea Calling (1957)

Short Story Collections	The Yellow Joss (1934) The Wild North (1960)

Travel	Over the Range (1937) In Crocodile Land (1946) One Wet Season (1949) Across the Nullarbor (1951) Tracks of Destiny (1961)

Political	Must Australia Fight? (1939) The Great Boomerang (1941) Onward Australia (1943) Challenge of the North (1969)

Children's Books	Headhunters of the Coral Sea (1940) The Great Trek (1940) Nemarluk: King of the Wilds (1941) The Opium Smugglers (1947)

Australian Guerilla series	Australian Guerilla – Shoot to Kill (1942) Australian Guerilla – Sniping (1942) Australian Guerilla – Guerilla Tactics (1942) Australian Guerilla – Trapping the Jap (1943) Australian Guerilla – Lurking Death (1943) Australian Guerilla – The Scout (1943)

Anthropology	The Vanished People (1955) Our Living Stone Age (1963) Our Stone Age Mystery (1964)

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