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Les Callope (fl.1972) Les Callope (fl.1972) i(A126162 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Omen Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 230) Callope tells of how he experienced lights inexplicably turning on and off, and sensed that there would be bad news about his cousin. A couple of days later a telegram informs him of his cousin's death.
1 Haunted Station Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 226-7) A stockman tells the story of a local landowner who abandoned his large holding because it was haunted by the ghost of a drover who had accidentally died on the property.
1 Pig In the Camp Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 217-8) Three stockmen camping in the open air are disturbed during the night by a feral pig whose interest is focused on one man in particular. Despite being shot and scared off four times, inexplicably, the pig continues to return.
1 Swimming Pigs Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose humour
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 215-6) A stockman comes upon a herd of feral pigs and scatters them, but three young piglets are marooned on the other side of a creek. Desperate to rejoin the herd, they uncharacteristically jump in the creek and swim across.
1 In the Left Hand Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 141-3) A would-be stockman quickly betrays his inexperience when it comes time to hop on a horse.
1 Bad Fall Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose humour
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 115-7) A stockman with a head injury rides for three days back to the homestead where the air ambulance's advice for the patient not to be moved is a bit belated.
1 Night Riding Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 81-2) A station worker describes how, with a load of meat yet to be transported over fifteen miles late at night, his vehicle breaks down. However, despite the bad weather and no light a reliable mare delivers him safely to the homestead gate.
1 Rough Horses Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 76-7) A stockman eventually gives up on trying to subdue a spirited horse and sends it off to the Mareeba Rodeo, where he encounters it again four years later.
1 Galloping Jones and the Brand Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 31-2) A stockman recounts a story of how 'Galloping Jones' outwitted the law.
1 Old Waggon Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 20) A stockman recalls coming across a campsite from long ago with the camper's wagon and many possessions still intact.
1 Quietening a Horse Les Callope (fl.1972) , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Yarn : The Definitive Collection 1996; (p. 19) A stockman advises familiarising a newly broken horse with the breaker's body odour.
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