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McGoogan Bulldog Ant Tale and Seventies Train Tale
An Australianities installment blends a humorous tale about a teacher Mick McGoogan and his encounter with bulldog ants, followed by a lively Canberra scene at a train station where a seventy two year old traveler recounts decades of outback travel. The piece also hints at colonial social debates and a humorous faux scientific debate in Curlew Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGoogan
Ant McGungan
Mick McGoogan
Canberra
Queanbeyan
Perth
Port Augusta
Teri
Melbourne
New
New Guinea
Kalgoolie
Coolgardie
Curlew Corner
Mise Wren
Hawk
Miss Crane
Mr Swan
Mrs Crow
North Pole
Byrd
Darwin