[6] An article series within the newspaper, called Pastoral Pioneers and written by Advertiser journalist Rodney Cockburn, was printed in 1927 as a two-volume book,[7][8] and later re-released in CD format in 2007.
[9] According to the book's original foreword: This volume represents ... biographical sketches dealing with the achievements of South Australia's Pastoral Pioneers.
Publication of the series began in the "Adelaide Stock and Station Journal" on January 10, 1923, and continued weekly until August 10, 1927.
It may fairly be claimed, therefore, that the two volumes contain the most comprehensive collection of biographies ever produced in Australia in relation to the pastoral industry of any one State.
No really representative pioneer sheep-farmer or cattle-breeder who operated in South Australia has been overlooked, and in many cases it has been possible to retrieve from almost complete oblivion the interesting records of lesser lights.