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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1935
Page
5
Elias Pound aids a bush fire at Bullyboy Creek with local help from Bullyboy and neighbors. After saving the homestead he sleeps for thirty hours, earning the nickname The Map They Couldn't Wake.
A brief dialogue features a grandfather claiming past girls knew how to blush and a flapper pushing him to reveal what he “vased” to say to girls in his day. The exchange captures hurtful gender norms through a playful tone and period voice.
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