10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULLOCKIES»
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bullockies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bullockies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come From: Lyrics and History
complex and the early “bush ballad” known as “The Bullockies' Ball,” which has a
broadly similar story line. A team of “bullockies,” or bullock-drivers, encamped
and had a “grand blow-out.” Among the bullockies and their women were: Flash ...
2
Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales
Suddenly, the graves of the fourteen dead bullockies open. They jump out, each
with a whip, and, cheering and swearing and cracking their whips along the now
fiery fence wire, hail the bloke as King of the Bullockies. Suddenly the fence ...
3
Sentenced to Cross the Raging Sea: The Story of Sam Johnson, ...
The boats brought a lot of beer, and a few bullockies would load up and do the
trip together. They'd take it to different pubs, and usually they'd all meet up at
Cassilis and have a bit of a session. There were gold mines around there, and
the ...
4
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... family x Bolock family Bulleck family Bulloch family Bullocks family Bulluck
family Buluk family Bullockies xx Oxen Bullocks family See Bullock family
Bullock's oriole xx Orioles Bullom language (PL8093) x Bulom language Sherbro
language ...
Library of Congress, 1986
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Bulloch family USE Bullock family Bullock Creek (S.C. : River) UF Bullocks
Creek (S.C. : River) BT Rivers—South Carolina Bullock Creek Watershed (S.C.)
BT Watersheds—South Carolina Bullock drivers USE Bullockies Bullock driving
USE ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
6
The Gommock. Exploits of a Cornish Fool in Colonial Australia.
I know Sammie treats them badly. But how can they win a strike? Sammie never
listens to strikers. The bricklayers didn't win, did they?” “Sammie loved the
bricklayers. They gave 'im an excuse to stop building.” “How about the bullockies
then?
Marie S. Jackman, Marie S. Sandow, 2010
7
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
Bullock drivers — BULLOCKIES — were legendary for their profane language, a
skill celebrated in a backhanded way in the recitation 'Holy Dan'. Dan is known to
the other bullockies as 'Holy Dan' because he never swears, no matter what ...
George fought off Aborigines by day and at night, with other bullockies, cut tracks
through the bush up and down hills as he operated and developed his business.
He loaded his wagons with flour, dry goods and fuel to sell in Croydon and ...
Les Bell, Gillian Heming Shadbolt, 2003
The Port Augusta to Blinman route, one hundred and fifty miles via Pichi Richi
Pass, Willochra, Kanyaka, Hookina, Edeowie and Brachina Gorge, was used
daily by other bullockies and cameleers carting supplies and copper ore, to and
from ...
10
The Cambridge History of Australian Literature
The intersection of history and fiction was even clearer and more intricate in
Furphy's Such is Life. One of several examples, but perhaps the best and most
trenchant, is the discussion the bullockies have about the Burke and Wills
expedition of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULLOCKIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bullockies is used in the context of the following news items.
Coast history: Timber godsend for pioneers
Local people were mostly employed or supported by the timber industry including storekeepers, timber getters, bullockies, sawmill operators ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jun 15»
Times Past: Horse racing takes off in early Ipswich
"The district" meant the whole of Moreton Bay and this included squatters and bullockies. They came to attend the three-day annual meeting of ... «The Queensland Times, Jun 15»
The snob who snubbed Australia's Indigenous imagination
In a debate around the campfire about the Burke and Wills expedition, Mosey, one of the bullockies, refers to Europe as those 'ole wore-out ... «Eureka Street, Apr 15»
Beaut bullocks
At 35 years old, Rohan Morris, Gleneden Organic Farm, is one of Australia's youngest bullockies after starting a team almost 20 years ago. «Queensland Country Life, Apr 15»
Australia Day celebrations held in Killarney
... and District Historical Society Inc for their unveiling of the two bullocks which have been dedicated to the bullockies and the timber industry. «Warwick Daily News, Jan 15»
Bullocky memories revived
The family of the late Len Haggett, one of the original bullockies (from left): back - Colin Pargeter, Pam Haggett, Greg Haggett, Bob Haggett, ... «Naracoorte Herald, Oct 14»
Talking to the Imam
Prior to this the town subsisted on grazing and bullockies and the timber industry. The Mareeba Mosque is one of the first built in Queensland ... «ABC Online, Sep 14»
Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame welcomes five additions
“When the bullockies brought their teams to Brisbane there was nowhere for them to stay, so he expanded his store to provide accommodation. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»
Bullock driver Ron McKinnon keeps bush pioneers' tradition alive
He is one of the last "bullockies" in Australia and although he has a mechanical skidder which could transport his logs, he would rather work his ... «ABC Online, Feb 14»
Jetty High's 75th tees off at Sawtell at the end of July
The showing will include two videos featuring Joe Corrigan, one of the last bullockies on the Coffs Coast, as well as Coffs Story 2, which looks ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jul 13»
