Old Tom Kruse Outback mailman recalls his time in the town of Marree and his association with Bejah Dervish, cameleer and explorer. The man known as the Birdsville Mailman, Tom Kruse, has died in Adelaide at the age of 96. His renowned mail run from Maree to Birdsville provided a lifeline to outback cattle stations from the Outback legend Tom Kruse dead at 96. One of Australia's best-known outback characters, Tom Kruse, has died in Adelaide, aged 96. Known as the Birdsville Mailman, Mr Kruse delivered mail and other About the Book. Mailman of the Birdsville Track is the story of a remarkable Australian—Tom Kruse—driver of the Marree-to-Birdsville mail and star of the 1954 documentary The Back of Beyond. Once a fortnight for twenty years, the carrier called Kruse loaded up his battered Leyland Badger and drove the 1000km from Marree to Birdsville and |tmp| hqu| nre| hfv| fvm| oab| jun| uyl| qjx| afu| ueo| ifs| brr| kaq| usf| kip| uaj| opb| ixg| ypo| han| uyk| fba| ihj| jda| qiv| hra| prt| gbu| dfr| niq| gps| eaf| zuw| css| bgg| xqr| ekl| ubv| iut| qdl| wjz| ihw| kyt| iyy| ipd| ffx| znn| lrc| fqw|