Kindred
A Cradle Mountain Love Story
Kate Legge
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Kindred
A Cradle Mountain Love Story
Kate Legge
An updated edition with one last story of the Cradle Mountain lovers, laid to rest together
This updated edition includes a new development in Kate and Gustav's love story. When Kate died in 1916, she was buried in her family's plot in Devonport, Tasmania, and Gustav, who lived another 16 years and died in 1932, was buried in a tomb in Cradle Valley. Kate's body was exhumed and cremated, and her ashes were placed with her husband's on 1 February 2024
He was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might have kept this splendour to themselves, but Gustav Weindorfer and Kate Cowle sensed the significance of a place they sought to share with the world. When they stood on the peak in the heat of January 1910, they imagined a national park for all.
Kindred. A…
This updated edition includes a new development in Kate and Gustav's love story. When Kate died in 1916, she was buried in her family's plot in Devonport, Tasmania, and Gustav, who lived another 16 years and died in 1932, was buried in a tomb in Cradle Valley. Kate's body was exhumed and cremated, and her ashes were placed with her husband's on 1 February 2024.
He was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might have kept this splendour to themselves, but Gustav Weindorfer and Kate Cowle sensed the significance of a place they sought to share with the world. When they stood on the peak in the heat of January 1910, they imagined a national park for all.
Kindred. A Cradle Mountain Love Story traces the achievements of these unconventional pioneers and their fight to preserve a piece of wilderness. Neither lived to see their vision fully realised: the World Heritage listed landscape is now visited by 250,000 people each year. Award-winning journalist Kate Legge tells this remarkable story of the creation of the Cradle Mountain sanctuary through the characters at its heart.
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I love this book... Kate Legge shares the story of the Weindorfers anew—a compelling, beautiful presentation written with heart and love. Fascinating.”
Bob Brown“
Magnificent. Legge brings to light a hidden tale of Australia’s wilderness and unearths a love story of daring unconventionality in the process. This is a book about two remarkable people who yearned to escape the rat-race over a century ago, and founded a national park in the process.
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Nikki Gemmell“
Here is a stirring homage to a couple of unsung heroes of an all too rare but persistent breed in Australia’s European history—the outliers for whom the Australian bush incited not violence, indifference or contempt, but wonder, reverence, a near-religious devotion. Believing that the bush enlarged the human mind and spirit, they gave their lives to preserving what they could of it in the hope that the country might also be blessed. People who love the bush—and Cradle Mountain in particular—will read this book: everyone else should read it. It’s a gem.”
Don Watson“
Enthralling, deeply touching and superbly researched. This story of the love and legacy of Gustav Weindorfer and Kate Cowle is reminiscent of the great Hazel Rowley’s impeccable memoirs. Kate Legge renders the staggeringly magnicent landscape as alive as the people who brought it to the world.”
Quentin Bryce“
Utterly beautiful.”
Jon Faine, The Conversation HourKate Legge
Kate Legge writes for The Weekend Australian Magazine. She has covered politics and social affairs in Australia and America. She has published two novels: The Unexpected Elements of Love (long listed for the Miles Franklin Award) and The Marriage Club.
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