Back o' Cairns

{{Short description|Book by Ion Idriess}}

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| author = Ion Idriess

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| genre = autobiography

| publisher = Angus and Robertson

| release_date = 1958

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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.{{Cite web|title=Idriess Titles 41–46|url=https://www.idriess.info/titles8|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Idriess|language=en}}