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Dedication: To Ted Egan, a good friend and a great Australian.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:ABC Books
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Song of the Droving Seasoni"On the runs of wide horizons, where mirages haunt the sky,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Galloping Bullocks and Dry Stagesi"Reckless rides through the Murranji", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Packhorse Droveri"OH the droving life is a life that's free", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Further Ini"On the road with Eva cattle we've at times had quite a battle,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
- Down the riveri"The season was late when we left with the stores,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- To the Barmaidsi"Six months we've been with Fuller's plant and we have just returned,", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Gold Stari"The sun went down and the storm clouds rose,", single work poetry (p. 17-21)
- Footloose and Freei"Old memories gather like moss on the years,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Drover's Yarn (or Brady's Ghost)i"A drover it was that told this tale,", single work poetry humour (p. 23-25)
- Song of the Wave Hill Tracki"Our bullocks are fresh and the season is good,", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- The Lament of a Cow and Calf Droveri"Mixed cattle - thirteen hundred head - they spread across the plain;", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Sam Fuller's Thoroughbracei"Sam Fuller's was a well known face on stockroutes yesteryear,", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- Goodbye Old Chapi"You may rub your head on my coat, old chap,", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Past Inverwayi"Oh! the West seemed full of promise", single work poetry (p. 31-33)
- Looking Glass Joei"Now the road mobs from Nutwood would gallop all night,", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- The Daylight Watchi"The daylight watch is a graveyard shift,", single work poetry (p. 35)
- At the Trucksi"The cook's fire glowed in the drovers' camp as the Southern Cross swung down,", single work poetry (p. 36-38)
- Travelling Stock: 1969i"Southward the road trains thunder,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- And Yet Sometimes...i"Now the droving is done and no more the scrub", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
- Where Leichhardt Liesi"Is this the land where Leichhardt lies,", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
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