Desert survivor returns from the dead in far western outback tale
Alexander McKinnon narrates four years lost in a brutal desert while seeking Leichhardt traces. Rescued by Verney and troopers, he recalls a trek across a deadly spinifex wasteland, aid from three silent riders, and a return to the east, forever changed by memory and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Great Gun
China
Catherine River
Queensland
Boulia
Verney
Earth
Gates of
Hell
England
Far West
Atill Lagoon
Dougherty
Pituri Creek
Yerburgh
Mylrea
Scott
Alexander McKinnon
Vornay
Neon
Port Darwin
Leichhardt
Victoria
Wyckham
Beagle
Gregory
Sturt’s Creek
Morton Bay
Wanderer’s last camp and a cryptic confession
In a crash of memory and misreaded logics a dying Wanderer recalls old glories and laments virtue fading. The scene shifts through quips on language and falconry before a social tangle resolves with a note from John Patton proposing marriage to Celia and a comic rehearsal of romance.
Genesis of a Golden Harvest Reminiscence of Old Adelong
A reminiscence recalls William Grimes known as Black B Bill leaving Gundagai and riding toward Ade long Creek. After a long journey he rests under a gum tree, mid day heat, reflecting on a flood that carved the banks and exposed uprooted roots beneath a stormy sky. He notices stones partly embedded in the earth.
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Black B Bill
William Grimes
Gundagai
Adelong
Black Bill
Bank of New South Wales
Bill
Adelong Goldfield and the early mining era remembered
The article recalls Adelong’s goldfield beginnings with the first corner in flour and the Great Victoria mine shaft, notes early crude crushing plants and sluices, and describes reefs like Donkey Hill and Old Hill. It highlights eastern creek reef richness, Camp Street origins, and a hopeful future with modern machinery.
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Adelong
Robert Crouch
New South Wales
Victoria
Donkey Hill
Tumut
Oriental Bank
Australia
The Gentle Art of Misquotation and Shakespeare
A compact critical sketch on how quotation drift and modern edits alter classic lines. It notes changes like unfaithful renderings of Macbeth and Shakespeare phrases, comparing historic wording with contemporary simplifications and questioning aesthetic costs. The piece cites Wordsworth and Lucifer to illustrate degraded allusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littera Scripta
Persis
Shakespeare
Macbeth
Benedick
Oace Wordsworth
Lucifer
Fair or Dark A Trifling Duologue
Two sisters, Margaret and Celia, spar over a failed marriage proposal after reading the Morning Blazer. Celia critiques their actions while Margaret deflects with sarcasm as the scene unfolds at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pelham
Margaret
Celia
al Vental
M'm
John Patton
P.S
George
John
Pele
Cross
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T. H. Cunningham
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