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Newspaper
Gilgandra Weekly And Castlereagh
Location
Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
6
Bowying Bill narrates rugged outback scenes with cocky workers, prospectors, and pubs. A veteran reminiscence travels from watermelons on a Mandon farm to a moonlit river crossing and a family reunion, then back to campfire memories and old shanties.
A fragmented historical piece contrasts seasonally suited farm inventory timing with a vivid memoir of a swagman. It discusses book-keeping for farmers, taxation timing, and ends with the narrator recalling the fading era of itinerant labor, camp life, and river-track riders as modern life replaces old ways. The piece includes a handover of pay, a return to town, and a resolve to quit tramp life.
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