Frying Pans Theology
Scene:
On
Dramatis Personae:
Shock-headed blackfellow,
Scene:
On
Dramatis Personae:
Shock-headed blackfellow,
Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light,
Out on the track where the night shades still lurk,ere the first gleam of the sungod's returning
Round come the racehorses early at work
Reefing and pulling and racing so readily,
I had written him a letter which I had, for want of
Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan, years ago,
He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him,
Just "on spec", addressed as follows, "...
They mustered us up with a royal din,
In wearisome weeks of drought
Ere ever half of the crops were in,
Or the half of the sheds cut out
'Twas the dingo pup to his dam that said,"It's time I worked for my daily bread
Out in the world I intend to go,
And you'd be surprised at the things I know
"There's a wild duck's nest in a sheltered spot,
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Who goes there
” The sentry’s
Rose on the midnight
‘The Animals Noah Forgot’ A
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'Banjo' Paterson A wonderful look at some of the strange, wonderful animals in Australia - images attached where possible
The big white English swan, escaped from captivity, found himself swimming in an...
So you're back from up the country,
Mister Lawson, where you went,
And you're cursing all the business in a bitter discontent;
Well, we grieve to disappoint you, and it makes us sad to
On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
And men of religion are scanty,
On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost,
One Michael Magee had a shanty
It lies beyond the Western
Towards the sinking sun,
And not a survey mark
The bounds of "Brumby's Run"
The chorus frogs in the big
Would sing their songs to the silvery moon
Tenor singers were out of place,
For every frog was a double bass
"He ought to be home," said the old man, "without there's something amiss
He only went to the Two-mile — he ought to be back by this
He would ride the Reckless filly, he would have his wilful way;
And, here, he's not ...