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y separately published work icon Duke of the Outback : The Adventures of 'A Shearer Named Tritton' selected work   poetry   short story   criticism   biography   lyric/song   satire   humour  
Note: John Meredith collected and edited material about Tritton. The title is given as 'by John Meredith' on the t.p.
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Duke of the Outback : The Adventures of 'A Shearer Named Tritton'
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ascot Vale, Essendon area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Red Rooster Press , 1983 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Eurunderee Greeni"Above the dark shadows of old Bukaroo", E. R. Burns , single work poetry (p. 81)
Ten Thousand Miles Awayi"Sing ho, for a brave and gallant barque", J. B. Geogeghan , single work poetry (p. 82-83)
Note: Music
The Shores of Botany Bayi"Oh, I'm on my way down to the quay where a big ship now does lay,", single work poetry (p. 84)
The Golden Westi"Many a miner searching for riches", single work poetry (p. 85)
The Great Northern Linei"My love he is a teamster, a handsome man is he,", single work poetry (p. 85-86)
Down Where the Coolibahs Growi"A strapping young stockman lay dying,", Horace A. Flower , single work poetry (p. 87)
The War Correspondenti"You all have heard of Banjo Paterson and of course needn't say", single work poetry satire (p. 88-89)
The Irishman's Songi"Sure it's just about ten years ago, as near as I can tell,", single work poetry (p. 90-91)
The Parson and His Clerki"A parson he preached to his flock one day", single work poetry humour (p. 91-92)
A Bushman's Songi"I'm travellin' down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 93-4)
Note: With title: The Old Jig Jog.
Tooraweenah Joei"I'm only a backblocks shearer, as plainly can be seen,", single work poetry (p. 95)
Goorianawai"I've been many years a shearer, and fancied I could shear,", single work poetry (p. 96)
Goorianawa, John Meredith , single work criticism (p. 97-98)
Ride from Bathurst to Sydney, in Twenty Hours, 1857, by an Eye-Witnessi"In a Bathurst Sale Yard", single work poetry (p. 99-100)
Bill the Bullockyi"I was on the Murrumbidgee", single work poetry (p. 101)
Some Toastsi"Deftly his bloody trade he plies", single work poetry humour (p. 108)
The Story of a Ribuck Spree, Duke Tritton , single work short story (p. 108-110)
A Comedy of Errors, Duke Tritton , single work short story humour (p. 110-111)
A Bar Room Brawl, Duke Tritton , single work short story (p. 112-114)
He Was a Friend of Mine, Gary Shearston , single work biography (p. 127-128)
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