400 pages, illustrated, maps, bibliography. Apart from a neat gift inscription in pencil on the title page, the book is as new. Reprint, first published in 1987. "Longreach Shire, with an area of 23,561 sq km and generally 700 km west of Rockhampton, was amalgamated with Ilfracombe and Isisford Shires in 2008 to form Longreach Regional Council." (Queensland Places)