10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLINS STREET FARMER»
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Collins Street Farmer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
[1900s-20s] a thank-you letter, [fictional character William Collins, a foolish
sycophant in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (1813)] Collins Street farmer n. (
also Collins Street grazier) [1970s+] (Aus.) a businessman who owns or shares a
farm ...
2
Yarra: The History of Melbourne's Murky River
... Street farmers—Collins Street being the high-end city business address that
was their familiar locale—with large river frontage farming properties in the Yarra
Valley. (The Collins Street farmer is a phenomenon that continues in the valley.
3
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
... a strip of grass between the PAVEMENT or the house and the road and a
COLLINS STREET FARMER, the local equivalent of Sydney's PITT STREET
FARMER. A TOORAK RICKSHAW is a taxi, known as a DALKEITH RICKSHAW
in Perth.
Collins Street farmer Citydwellerwho owns a farm purely for tax relief as a primary
producer.(See alsoPitt Street farmer.) collywobbles Indefinable attack of nausea
or upset stomach. Also, more recently referring to famous Victorian football ...
5
Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945
Kilpatrick was a man of independent means (describing himself as 'a Collins
Street farmer', roughly the equivalent of a Wall Street rancher to an American)
and with a strong commitment to public service. He was already heavily
committed, but ...
The property was sold toa Melbourne businessman, Lionel Buckland, the
quintessential Collins Street farmer.Buckland may have envisaged himself as
abudding king inagrass castle but his core businesswas making money, not
raising cattle.
7
Don't Come the Raw Prawn!: The Aussie Phrase Book
Collins Street farmer City dweller who ownsa farm butwho wouldnot know one
end of a sheep from another. come at, I couldn't . . . that Total rejection ofa
proposal or proposition. I know, I've had a lotof womensay it to me. Come off it!
8
Reference, death duties: official Hansard report
The provisions, particularly in respect of the Federal rebates, are such that it
would be most unlikely that a Collins Street farmer or a Pitt Street farmer would
obtain the benefits of the rebate. It is designed as closely and as honestly as
possible ...
Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 1973
9
Loxton's medical directory of Australia, Tasmania, New ...
Edward Henry, Latrobe-street Erson, R. Leger, Footscray Esler, A. W.,
Williamstown Ewing, S. A., Collins-street Farmer. Paul Ward, Collins-street
Faulkner, W. C, Sunbury Ferguson, Stewart VV., Collins-street Ferris, F. A.,
Hawthorn Fetherston, ...
10
Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, Weekly Hansard
I repeat the question: If the Government intends to continue providing subsidies
in the field of primary production why extend them to 'he Collins Street farmer and
the Pitt Street farmer who are helping to push up the value of land and also, ...
Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1971
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLINS STREET FARMER»
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Collins Street Farmer is used in the context of the following news items.
Feeding the call of the land
Shadforth private client adviser Drew Douglas says Ebert fits the mould of the Queen or Pitt Street/Collins Street farmer - fifty-something, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 13»
A day in the life of Minyip's butcher
(If it's never been explained to you - a 'Collins Street farmer' is someone who owns land in the region but lives elsewhere.) Over the last 25 ... «ABC Online, Aug 12»
Millionaires' mansions marked down
... renewed interest from foreign buyers looking for land and local executives still living the "Collins Street farmer" (or "Pitt Street farmer") dream. «The Australian, Jun 12»
The day Rupert rode my Moke
... instead of pastoral properties he had invested in, and rather than trying to be a Collins Street farmer, he would have died a very rich man.''. «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 12»
