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  2. Navigating the Thompson

    The Thompson is an inland river and not navigable, but in 1912 an attempt was made by four bookmakers to navigate it. They were stranded by ...

    Article : 215 words
  3. So They Say

    Motoring from Brunette Downs to Newcastle Waters in May, 1928, across hundreds of miles of ashy-downs country, with not a tree to be seen, I was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 268 words
  4. Buckjumper Memories

    "Kingsley T" (Queenslander, 8/11/34) has stirred up a hornet's nest in saying that the buckjumper Chain Lightning is the champion outlaw of ...

    Article : 215 words
  5. Tale of a Tail

    Writers at times dish up the old story of tailed natives in Papua, and then some one comes along and says there are not any. But there is an ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. Not Harmless

    Recently in Brisbane I heard a young lady waxing enthusiastic over a picture of a tourist riding a turtle on an island along the Great Barrier ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. Home, Sweet Home

    Queer nesting places? A wagtail, with a little renovation each nesting season, used for several years the same home, on the head of a dogspike ...

    Article : 224 words
  8. Snakes and Quakes

    On a grazing selection in the South Burnett I came across two fine specimens of the brown snake. I do not know whether they were just oversize ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. Gold-specking in Streets

    Tibooburra, in the north-west corner of New South Wales, is a picturesque little town of dryb[?]owers, pud[?]ers, speckers, and fossickers. ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. Pea Shelters

    I had planted an acre of green peas, and after many weeks of watering and cleaning a fine crop was in view. Having a week's work offered to me away ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. Tough Wood

    An old stockyard near Burren Downs Station, in the Nanango district, has weathered the elements for more than 70 years. Built from ironbark, it forms ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. Barrier Reef Demoiselles

    Among the many curious denizens of the Barrier Reef the little demoiselles rank fairly high. Of microscopic size, but with all the colours of the ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. Stinging Trees

    I would like to correct "Vintex" (Queenslander, 20/9/34), when he says that the Gympie-Gympie stinging tree is peculiar to the district from which ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. Cars and Kangaroos

    The Queenslander par, about yarding brumbies by means of a car reminds me of a story I heard not long ago. On a western station is a large ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. The Spider and the—Snake

    While our 7-year-old girlie was on a "treasure" hunt under the house she came upon the remains of a small snake about 1ft. in length in ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. Blackboys' Races

    A blackboys' race used to be an annual institution on the Bowen River. The boys would be mounted on station horses; the course would be just alone ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 224 words
  18. Fish Rissoles

    If you happen along the northern most coastline anywhere from Burketown to Arnhem Land, and see huge circular blobs stuck in a tree fork at ...

    Article : 117 words
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