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Dacey Rides the Mule Remembered in Old Tale and Verse
A long read recalling the late John Dacey of Central West New South Wales. The obituary notes his past as a jockey and horseman, plus a humorous episode from Binalong with a mule and a crown. The Banjo Paterson poem When Dacey Rode the Mule is linked to this memory.
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John Dacey
B. Nicolls
Leichardt
Mr Dacey
New South Wales
Dacey
Binalong
Wwn
John
Banjo Paterson