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  2. Over the Sliprails

    Umball: Church foundations tones in the early days suffered some curious vi[?]ssitudes. That of St. James, Sydney, [?]as laid as the foundation stone of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 301 words
  3. "BULLOCKIES."

    Werri: In the old days bullock camps were plentiful along the main "inside" roads, teams going out with loading, and others coming in empty or with ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. THE DEAD SNAKE.

    Bogan: A par in the "Town and Country" of November 20 on the dead snake job reminds me of a very laughable incident that occurred in Peak Hill ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. MORE HARD LUCK.

    Punter: Certainly horses are unlucky ("T. and C.," November 27), but what of the people who follow them? One of my acquaintances was fond of saying that ...

    Article : 286 words
  6. THE SAVING GRACE.

    Bullecourt: It would be interesting to compute the number of times in the history of the present war that the natural humorist has saved an ugly situation ...

    Article : 435 words
  7. BRUMBIES

    E. S. S.: The biggest brumby camp I was ever in was at Eurombar, on the Lawson River. While I was there as many as 600 horses were trapped in four ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. NAMING THE WAGGON.

    Ralph the Reveller: A writer having recently touched graphically on the naming of working bullocks in the "Town and Country Journal," I think it only right ...

    Article : 209 words
  9. THE DINKUM OUT-BACK.

    Bogan: A young fellow I used to know in one of the New South Wales outback towns was noted for the free use of the Australian language, as the "Diggers" ...

    Article : 325 words
  10. WITH THE LAST MATCH.

    E. S. S.: When you're on a lonely track, many miles from everywhere, lighting a fire with the last match is a serious task. No matter how careful you are, ...

    Article : 236 words
  11. AGE AND ITS ADJUSTMENT.

    Pot Luck: Among the many interesting old fellows I have known in the course of my bush, experience was Willis. He was as quaint, as a kookaburra, and ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. WALLABY RAIDS.

    Murrungurry: In my lonely boyhood days on the Richmond River the great event of the week was the Sunday raid on the local wallabies. There was a lot of ...

    Article : 345 words
  13. FOUND IT.

    Whizz: I found the real back country pub not long ago, I won't say where it is, except that it is oil the railway line a long way. There were half a ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. WANTED A MAID!

    Vee: It may comfort present day housewives to know that the scarcity of domestic labor, severe though it has been of recent years, was even more so in the ...

    Article : 360 words
  15. BEACH FISHING.

    Timothy: At some places on the South Coast, one may stand at farm sliprails and watch the operations of beach fishermen. South of Clifton there are many ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. THE ROAR OF THE MILL.

    Jordan Ford: It's wonderful how you become used to anything in time. Take the awful noise of a sawmill when about three circular saws are ripping into the ...

    Article : 253 words
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