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Down Where the Coolibahs Grow single work   poetry   "A strapping young stockman lay dying,"
Alternative title: The Dying Stockman
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Down Where the Coolibahs Grow
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Notes

  • Can be sung to the tune of 'The Old Stable Jacket.'

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The Dying Stockman Stephen Whiteside , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Trad&Now , no. 149 2022; (p. 49-51)
Goodbye, Mick Considine Frank Clune , 1944 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Red Heart : Sagas of Centralia 1944; (p. 5-14)
Clune recalls a time when he was in Broken Hill and was fortunate enough to be invited to accompany the Royal Flying Doctor Service on a call to attend a stockman on an outback station. Unfortunately, they were too late to save the sixteen-year-old and, as Clune assisted in packing up the boy's belongings, he was overwhelmed to find that the boy had been reading a poignant poem just before he left his hut.
Goodbye, Mick Considine Frank Clune , 1944 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Red Heart : Sagas of Centralia 1944; (p. 5-14)
Clune recalls a time when he was in Broken Hill and was fortunate enough to be invited to accompany the Royal Flying Doctor Service on a call to attend a stockman on an outback station. Unfortunately, they were too late to save the sixteen-year-old and, as Clune assisted in packing up the boy's belongings, he was overwhelmed to find that the boy had been reading a poignant poem just before he left his hut.
The Dying Stockman Stephen Whiteside , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Trad&Now , no. 149 2022; (p. 49-51)
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