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Queanbeyan Leader

Location

Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Dec 05, 1905

Page

3

Verses of Folly and Football in a Laughing Land

The piece satirizes sports and politics amid a muddled narration. It recalls King Ned the Seventh and Greek pugilists while mocking landowners, keepers, and politicians. A Rome cemetery note closes the fragment with a stark stat.

Ned Emues Kangeroos Kriketers Cvvill Bygen Peter Jaxon Willis Paddy Mitey Stansberry

Weird colonial town diary reveals early industries and misadventures

The fragmentary narrative describes encounters with locals and customs as a British flag is contemplated. It mentions a grandfather watering cabbages, a claim about shoteh sealy meat, and sketches of seed trials and a first settlement along the Pooralla Rivershimdig attuidley Creel. The piece notes sheep farming beginnings and a Tachur shop, then hints at later government efforts building factories, locks, offices, roads, fridges, poles, and ties to advance district growth.

George Ah Yow Chiner Pooralla Byrne Plowever

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