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  2. Sharks and Crocodiles

    The report of a shark attacking a rowing boat at Townsville reminded me of a somewhat similar occurrence in the Cape York Peninsula. Two ...

    Article : 193 words
  3. SO THEY SAY.

    Ants are probably the most Intelligent among insects—at least they seem so in the eyes of man. Although all ants seem to share this ...

    Article : 247 words
  4. Unique Visitors' Book

    On the old Clermont Road, about 25 miles from Aramac, is a remark able "visitors' book." It is a grey limestone rock, in the Grey Rock ...

    Article : 156 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 202 words
  6. The Splatterpuss!

    Shure, I had often heard the blessid baste splatter down in the crik when I went to get water to bile me billy wid; so I sez, sez I, I'll just foind out some ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. Mutton Birds at Home

    The mutton bird is such a peculiar specimen of the feathered tribe that only those who have had the oppor tunity to study it in its native haunts ...

    Article : 281 words
  8. Prospectors' Bad Luck

    Two prospectors at Cracow staked out a claim and worked industriously on it for four months. They sank a shaft over 40ft. deep, but were forced ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. Early Northern Graves

    Few people are aware, as the steamer makes its way through Albany Pass (near Cape York), with its delightful tropic setting, or passes ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. Bush Nicknames

    Nicknames bestowed in the bush are generally more picturesque than ornamental, and the more picturesque and original they are the wider is ...

    Article : 228 words
  11. Snake Tracks

    Very few people are able to decide correctly which way a snake travelled when observing a track in the sand. If the track is studied carefully, ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. She Plucked It!

    A family in our district some time ago obtained a servant girl from the city. A few weeks later she was or dered to dress a hare for dinner; it ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. Blacks and Yellowbellies

    Some of the pioneers used to get into trouble with the aborigines owing to their inability to distinguish the natives' rights to hunting-grounds ...

    Article : 170 words
  14. Queensland Cannibals

    Recent mention of Mount Bartle Frere as being Queensland's tallest peak recalls that it was at the foot of this mountain that the survivors ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. Grandfather's Hat

    In depth this 98-year-old hat is 7½in., longways, across the crown, 7½in. It is a little belled; the brim is 2in. in front, l½in, at the side, and almost flat; ...

    Article : 229 words
  16. Grass Trees and Fires

    In times of drought, grass trees are a menace. The tree, as it grows, leaves a heavy fringe of dead grass around the lower trunk, the live grass ...

    Article : 96 words
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