Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1861 - 162 páginas |
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... Forming a New Station - A Race for Fresh Pasture - A Settler's Stratagem- Anecdotes — Shifting Stock — Hardships - Mode of Watching Cattle by Night - An Encampment in the Bush 13 CHAPTER III . Society in the Inland Districts ...
... Forming a New Station - A Race for Fresh Pasture - A Settler's Stratagem- Anecdotes — Shifting Stock — Hardships - Mode of Watching Cattle by Night - An Encampment in the Bush 13 CHAPTER III . Society in the Inland Districts ...
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... formed , which realized large profits . The most triumphant reports reached home by public and private channels , and these reports were confirmed to the fullest extent by the successful adventurers who returned . A class of persons ...
... formed , which realized large profits . The most triumphant reports reached home by public and private channels , and these reports were confirmed to the fullest extent by the successful adventurers who returned . A class of persons ...
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... formed the stockyard for cattle . The whole was backed by some low hills , thinly wooded , and agreeably receding in the distance , and at the foot of these appeared a chain of clear ponds or " waterholes . " The general aspect of the ...
... formed the stockyard for cattle . The whole was backed by some low hills , thinly wooded , and agreeably receding in the distance , and at the foot of these appeared a chain of clear ponds or " waterholes . " The general aspect of the ...
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... Forming a new Station - A Race for Fresh Pasture - A Settler's Stratagem - Anecdotes- Shifting Stock - Hardships -- Mode of Watching Cattle by Night - An Encampment in the Bush . THE residence of a stockowner beyond the boundaries of ...
... Forming a new Station - A Race for Fresh Pasture - A Settler's Stratagem - Anecdotes- Shifting Stock - Hardships -- Mode of Watching Cattle by Night - An Encampment in the Bush . THE residence of a stockowner beyond the boundaries of ...
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... formed by two saplings , about twenty feet high , forked at the top , on which is laid a strong cross piece , to which the carcase of the animal is pulled up by means of a windlass , fixed outside the yard , and thus it is suspended to ...
... formed by two saplings , about twenty feet high , forked at the top , on which is laid a strong cross piece , to which the carcase of the animal is pulled up by means of a windlass , fixed outside the yard , and thus it is suspended to ...
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