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  2. So They Say

    Away back in the 'eighties I was doing my bit in helping to clear Australia of scrub and transforming it into smiling paddocks of grass. ...

    Article : 182 words
  3. Ferocious Eels

    Most people scoff at the idea that there are man-eating eels in Queensland waters. I was ridiculed mercilessly when mentioning this on a ...

    Article : 281 words
  4. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 51 words
  5. Chip off the Old Block

    Most folk know the time-worn saying, "A chip off the old block," but "No. 2" put a new one over. The scene was the York Peninsula, ages ...

    Article : 180 words
  6. "Only the Old Stuff"

    Son belonged to a religious family but he dearly loved following up the bullock teams, for his child-mind harboured and cherished dreams that ...

    Article : 170 words
  7. Last Farewell by Telegraph

    At the Barrow Creek telegraph station a party of the employees were surprised in 1875 by the blacks after they had left the building to ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. Good Tracking

    The best trackers amongst the aboriginal fraternity are the gins, but it is not often any of these ladies can be persuaded to take the trail. ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. The Tall of the 'Roo

    "Can [?]s" contribution about the 'roo's tail not touching ground when the animal is accelerating is partly right and partly wrong. On level ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. Aboriginal String

    The aboriginal method of manufacturing string, quoted by "Wongabel," is widely practised by the myalls of Central Australia, although, of course, ...

    Article : 230 words
  11. Can be Bellicose

    Ordinarily a peaceful creature, the kangaroo can adopt warlike tendencies. Rarely does he attack human beings, but a few years ago a young ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. A Fowl Swindle

    Jacky worked by the day for a Normanton lady and returned to his camp at night. His duties included gardening, wood chopping, and the care of ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. Parting of the Ways

    A rather odd incident happens regularly at a little hamlet in south-eastern Queensland, where a farmer often comes home with his waggon and pair, ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. Fish Dynamite

    A writer on this page asked for Information about "Fish Dynamite." There are two kinds of plants used for this purpose, and they both ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. Costly Rat-Catcher

    There is a popular tradition that the mongoose is a famous rat catcher. So he is; but when you come to employ him you will probably find other ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 551 words
  17. Travelled Garden

    Mention (Queenslander, 20/9/"34) of the cyclone warning station on Willis Island recalls that this lonely speck, which is simply a sand cay, about 10 ...

    Article : 164 words
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