The Nor'-westers

{{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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| publisher = Angus and Robertson

| release_date = 1954

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The Nor-'westers : Stories and Sketches of Life in Australia's "Out Back" is a 1954 book by Ion Idriess.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idriess.info/#!titles8/c168x|title=Ion Idriess for Collectors}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117409576 |title=Idriess In The Nor'-West |newspaper=The Farmer & Settler |volume=L |issue=12 |location=New South Wales|date=10 December 1954 |accessdate=16 April 2016 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130974304 |title=Book Reviews |newspaper=The News |volume=63 |issue=9,758 |location=Adelaide |date=19 November 1954 |accessdate=16 April 2016 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}}

It consists of a series of sketches by Idriess about the north west of Australia, much of it autobiographical.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42847966 |title=LITERARY NOOK |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=16,447 |location=Queensland|date=27 November 1954 |accessdate=18 April 2016 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}