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Larry Dulhunty Larry Dulhunty i(A47917 works by)
Born: Established: 1924 ; Died: Ceased: 16 Feb 2006 Charters Towers, Charters Towers area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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1 Yodelling Girl i "I'm a yodelling girl from the Queensland bush,", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 200)
1 Where The Marching Mobs Once Passed i "I feel a twinge of sadness", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work biography
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 73-74)
1 Untitled i "He's twenty-eight next April", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work biography
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 28-29)
1 Untitled i "A staunch brick chimney rises high,", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 61-62)
1 Untitled i "The yardman from the local pub", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 240-241)
1 Untitled i "I once journeyed down to Sydney where I heard the locals", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 197-198)
1 Untitled i "Fine people from a distant world", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 177)
1 Wasted Lives i "In the Lonely Queensland outback,", Larry Dulhunty , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Last Showman : Larry Dulhunty's Larrikin Life 1992; (p. 42-43)
1 y separately published work icon Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems Larry Dulhunty , Archerfield : Qld Country Style , 1984 Z806448 1984 selected work poetry short story

At the time of this publication, Larry Dulhunty was touring the outback Australia, an area he knew well, and anyone who is interested in the rugged folklore of the vast Australian continent should more certainly read Our Blood Stained Past. (Source: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana1984:2)
1 Where I Long to Be i "where the camp chores I'll be doing", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 116)
1 The Desert Pipeline i "The desert held untold treasure", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 115)
1 The Digger's Last Shot i "the soldier brushed a tear from his eye", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 114-115)
1 Old Jack Spelled Gold i "In the army in New Guinea", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 113-114)
1 Our Lost Commandoes i "the vicious bark of a Bren gun", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 112)
1 The Australian Commandoes Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 94-112) 'Maybe perhaps because of the well deserved reputation and awe inspiring deeds of the famed British Commandoes, Australians have a tendency to forget that we in this country also once had a somewhat similar specially trained striking force. In fact, I was myself an original of the Second Sixth Commando Squadron. ...'
1 The Ghost Trombone i "A miner on the Palmer field", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry lyric/song
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 88-89)
1 The Pot of Gold i "the Smithfield girls were rich and gay", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 87-88)
1 Back to the River of Gold i "Oh the waters flow on fast", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry lyric/song
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 85) recorded by Paula Smith
1 The Palmer Gold Rush i "the dreaded Merkin cannibals", Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 82-83)
1 The Valleys of Ghosts Larry Dulhunty , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Our Blood Stained Past : Factual Australiana : Short Stories and Poems 1984; (p. 80-94) 'In the latter part of the last century, gold was discovered in the bed of a North Queensland River. This discovery of gold started a rush to the area that was to become known as the Palmer fields and the virtually unheard of Palmer River was soon famous throughout the world as Queensland's unique 'River of Gold'. ...'
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