Back o' Cairns

Last updated January 15, 2026

Back o' Cairns
First edition
Author	Ion Idriess
Language	English
Genre	autobiography
Publisher	Angus and Robertson
Publication date	1958
Publication place	Australia

Back o' Cairns: The Story of Gold Prospecting in the Far North is a 1958 autobiographical book by Ion Idriess. It is based on his adventures looking for gold in the Cape York Peninsula.^[1]

References

↑ "Idriess Titles 41–46". Idriess. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

External links

Back o' Cairns at AustLit

v t e 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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