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Bush Yarns : Written Sketches and Verse.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Charters Towers,
Charters Towers area,
Far North Queensland,
Queensland,:Mimosa Press
, 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Moonlighti"Some say moonlight is harsh and cold", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Six Long Yearsi"It's been six long years since a summer rain", single work poetry (p. 11)
- A Land of Contrasts, single work prose (p. 12-13)
- The Squatter's Aching Toothi"They came West from the distant city,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- I Dreami"I dream of rain and green, green grass,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Extracts from the Diary, single work diary (p. 18-23)
- My Soni"Where", single work poetry (p. 24-27)
- Snakes in the Dunny, single work short story (p. 28-31)
- You Can Keep Your Damn-Fangled Cityi"You can keep your damn-fangled city,", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Cricket Anyone?, single work short story humour (p. 34-39)
- The '81 Musteri"Fifteen long and pain-filled days,", single work poetry (p. 39-41)
- Portable Australia, single work prose (p. 42-45)
- Bob Hawke Versus the Squatteri"Bob Hawke was in the Members' Bar,", single work poetry (p. 46-47)
- The Mechanical Horse, single work short story (p. 48-51)
- Who's Complainingi"The temperature was up again today,", single work poetry (p. 52-53)
- Martha Goes to Communion, single work short story (p. 54-56)
- 120 in the Waterbagi"I'm gonna call up the parson -", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Those Blasted Lousy-Jacksi"I'm really rather fond of birds", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Mr Sorry and Co. - Stock Agents Pty. Ltd., single work short story (p. 60-64)
- The Sturt Club Squatteri"See that fellow standing over there -", single work poetry (p. 65-67)
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