The faraway land of the house and two cows AUDIO BOOK

Running time: 9 hours 30 minutes

ISBN 978-0-6454754-3-2

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Sewerage ghost towns. They exist. Just ask Sorrowing Father, Dear Daughter and Blackened boy, and Yankee doodle dandy that smiles with the eyes and his shadowy mate. They and other characters tell the untold and unique story of the community once living on a sewerage farm for around 100 years, alongside sewage lagoons and land and grass filtration paddocks being watered 24 hours a day with Melbourne’s sewage.

THE FARAWAY LAND OF THE HOUSE AND TWO COWS is a story like no other told through a timeless reality, of the sewerage farm community that grew to a peak population of over 600 in the 1950s, and was behind the making of one of Australia’s most important civic works projects in the 1890s and into the 1900s.

A captivating and beautifully written book ... Jo Galea

A remarkable achievement that captures in riveting detail a century of ordinary people living extraordinary lives in a little-known corner of Australia that’s now vanished ... Noel Murphy

Putting flesh back on the bones of the ghosts of the past ... Michael Young

A fascinating read and thought provoking, descriptions and pictures painted are breathtaking ... Pam Thompson (past resident)

Both brilliant and beautiful, a celebration of childhood and the power of a unique place that gives readers an intimate look at a piece of Melbourne’s history ... Dr Lynette Hinings-Marshall

The ghost narrators are surely as lively and intriguing as characters as the living members of the community ... Associate Professor Chris Prentice

A brilliantly written book weaving fact and fiction ... wonderful whimsical characters. Intriguing, informative and thought provoking. A great read! ... Carolyn Wockner