Undoubtedly Queensland's most un usual racecourse was that at the old Auburn Pub, on the Chinchilla—Hawk wood Road. Situated on a sandy river ...
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Article : 158 wordsDroving trips, is it? Well, the longest trip undertaken in Australia was that of C. and W. Macdonald, of Clif ford's Creek, Goulburn, New South ...
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Article : 114 wordsMost Queensland stations which date back to the early days have their own cemeteries, often quite a distance from the station homestead. On the ...
Article : 196 wordsIt is generally known that snakes shed the old outer skin yearly. That reptile can do the job by steady mus cular movement, and has a ...
Article : 145 wordsI have caught my horse at the smoke-fires on the Dawson River ("V.H.K.", Queenslander 6/12/34). The sandflies there have to be seen—and ...
Article : 67 wordsHad an old aboriginal camped at a mud tank to watch the water supply, and noticed on riding to it one day that there were a few loose horse ...
Article : 93 wordsWe were disturbed one night by a row in the fowlhouse. A large carpet snake (afterwards we measured him —10ft 8in) had Just finished ...
Article : 94 wordsWestanga's par (Queenslander 13/12/34) regarding the durability of fences made from Queensland timber prompts me to relate my experience. ...
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The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Thu 31 Jan 1935, Page 2
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