Nine miles from Gundagai / by Jack Moses

Creator
Moses, Jack, 1860-1945
Call Number
HHP 1531
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Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1944
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Notes
Inside front cover has been duplicated in order to maintain the correct left-right pagination.
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Nine miles from Gundagai 1
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI And Other Verses 2
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI And Other Verses 4
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI 7
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 11
CONTENTS 13
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI 16
HOW THE NATIONS ARE FED 19
SONG: A TOAST: AND A CHEER 21
ALONG THE CASTLEREAGH 23
STRANGER FROM SOMEWHERE 25
“BOOBEROI” 28
BUNGABEE 29
DON’T GROWL AT THE PUDDLES 32
DINKI DI 33
ENGLAND 34
FACE THE FUTURE WITH A GRIN 36
FLOODS AND DROUGHTS ARE ALL FORGOT 38
FROM BOURBAH TO BULLAGREEN 40
“I DUNNO WHAT-TA WRITE ABOUT” 41
“IF I COULD PUT THE CLOCK BACK” 42
IT’S AWFULLY DRY 43
JINDALEE 45
“JO-JO” THE MONKEY 47
KEEP A-LAUGHING TOO 49
KEEP THE BILLY BOILING 51
LIVE A SUNBEAM LIFE 52
“MULLUM” 53
NIMBIN 55
OUR PARENTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 57
OH, BOONA WEST! 58
ON THE ROAD TO BANGALOW 61
“ONLY A COCKY” 63
ONLY A POSTAGE-STAMP 65
OUT WHERE MATES ARE MEN 67
SHE IS NOT DEAD 68
BONDI ICEBERGS 69
CHILDREN’S PRAYER 71
CLARENCE 72
CLOUDS WILL SOON ROLL BY 74
THING THAT KEEPS THE BAILIFF OUT 76
TWEED 77
SHOW IS ON! 78
THERE’S A MUG BORN EVERY DAY! 81
THEY’RE GOING TO LOCK THE LACHLAN 83
“THINGS ARE NOT JUST WHAT THEY SEEM” 86
THIS CHRISTMAS CHEER 88
THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD 91
TOO RIGHT! 92
TO THE MAN THAT PUTS THE WHEAT IN 94
WATTLE 95
WILL WE ALL GO TO SLEEP TILL IT’S DROUGHTY AGAIN? 96
WHAT’S UP, MATE? 98
WHEN THE SEASONS COME AGAIN 100
WHEN THE POLICE FORCE COULDN’T SPELL 102
“W’ERE IS DAT GIRL?” 103
YOUNGER YET 106
YOUR PHOTO WHILE YOU WAIT 107
YOU’RE A GOOD OLD DOG 108
SONGS 111
HOW D-O-B-O (DUBBO) ORIGINATED 115
D-O-B-O 116
ON THE CLARENCE 118
“INNAMINCKA” 120
INNAMINCKA 121
TO WAGGA-WOG-AH! 123
TO WAGGA-WOG-AH! 124
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI 127
NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI 129
PUBLISHER’S NOTE 132
NOW DOG UPON THE TUCKER BOX 133
NINETY YEARS AGO 134
“THE DOG” SPEAKS AGAIN! 135
BULLOCKY’S BALLET 137
“BANJO” PATERSON'S POETICAL WORKS 143
Poetical Works of HENRY LAWSON 144

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