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The Nomads of the Australian Sheds Remembered
A first person recollection of the shearers and rouseabouts era in Queensland Australia after the 1891 strike. The narrator recalls Boombah shed near St George, the Nomads label, harsh work, colourful characters, notable sheds on the Darling Downs and Moonie, and life around the camps from Dalby to Mungindi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbitration Court Advocate
Queensland
Hunter Valley
Boombah
St. George
Withers
Bourke
Barwon
Pastoralists’ Union
Labour
Central South
Darling Down
Jinheur
Tom Wilson
Tom
Brisbane
Syl O'Connor
Big Jack" Maclean
Darling Downs
Currawillingh
Big Bill" McGregor
Hughie Davis
Bertland
Jimbour
Big Bill
Bill
Yvery Reminer
McGregor
Brixbane
Castlemaine Brewery
Lutheranweel
Wang Golgers Bull
Davis
Hishfields
Toowoomba
Postal Department
Tambo
Dooudi
Port Melbourne
United States
Australia
Notoriou
Mad” Quinn
Paddy
Quinn
Wingy
Turmbull
Parlomment
Cromwell
Charles
Turnbull
Dalby
Tom Cushon
Mick Heffernan
Cushon
Heffernan
Cushen
Daddy
Hall
Bert
Jill
New South Wales
Jack
Sydney
Sue" Dowline
Central
Tommy” White
A.P
Tommy Andio
J Coutts
Brewarrina
Goondiwindi
Mungindi
Hfe