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  2. So They Say

    "Bill Wilson, a stockman of the far North, who visited Brisbane for the show, has had 40 years' experience of Northern and Central Australia. He ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. Natives' Implements

    In a black' camp in the bush one sees some ingenious implements and appliances in everyday use. The fire tongs, for instance, are a piece of ...

    Article : 190 words
  4. On What Do Leeches Live?

    Re "Culkah's" par, and query "On what do leeches live?" These para sites live solely on blood, and while they can take large supplies of blood ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. Bride With a Golden Foot

    Not many bridges have their foundations on a gold mine. The original railway bridge over the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly, built in 1875, had ...

    Article : 197 words
  6. Bush Banks

    I have come across many funny banks in my time. I have known men to bury their savings in jam tins and pickle jars or to rely upon ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. Lock That Stuck

    A smart little woman on a north ern goldfield years ago was noted for her luck in mining ventures. To dodge the payments of half a crown an ...

    Article : 177 words
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    Notwithstanding the drought wild pigs are still plentiful in the Central west. Just before the recent rain sheep were becoming bogged every day in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  9. Camped with a Madman

    I camped with a madman one night in a lonely spot 70 miles west of Ada vale. I had him on temporarily riding the netting fence, and I was told at ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. Brumby Shooting on Rawbelle

    It was more than a decade before the 1902 drought that shooting and trapping of wild horses took place on Rawbelle. In 1890 and 1891 J. Lowe, ...

    Article : 256 words
  11. Carbide fire

    I am told that if you have carbide when travelling on the roads in wet weather you can always have a good fire. The method is said to be this: ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. Ibis And Snake

    One day while ploughing I noticed an ibis with a young brown snake, about 2[?]in. long. He tried again and again to swallow the reptile, but each ...

    Article : 83 words
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    Advertising : 368 words
  14. Abo. Initiative

    Bush abo[?] was not lacking in initia tive, especially where his daily tucke[?] supply was concerned. In the wet sea sons of the York Peninsula he was ...

    Article : 150 words
  15. Visitors From The West

    A few days ago a pair of galahs flew over the farm house. We live in the Eton district, 20 odd miles west of Mackay, on the Pioneer River. The ...

    Article : 78 words
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