10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACKEROO»
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jackeroo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
jackeroo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trombone's Troubles: Experiences of a Queensland
Jackeroo in ...
Henry Plantagenet Somerset's Trombone's Troubles depicts the first three decades of his life, including his early childhood days with his family in India at the time of the Indian Mutiny, his schooldays at Wellington College and his years ...
Henry Plantagenet Somerset, Denise Bender, 2010
/W n 1960, I was working as a jackeroo on Lilydale Station, in the HT north east of
South Australia. In those days, stations still carried plenty of men, and as well as
five of us jackeroos, there were half a dozen station hands on the property.
He spotted the jackeroo as soon as he stepped onto the platform. Baggy trousers,
Baxter boots, it had to be him. Eric watched him struggle with two large black
leather suitcases. There was something vaguely familiar about him, but Eric
could ...
4
The Happy Horse: How to Find One and how to Keep it that Way
He walked straight onto the float when the jackeroo led him up. The smell of rope
burning flesh as it races through a jackeroo's hand is unique. Had the horse been
as fast on the track as he was when he reversed off the truck, the course of his ...
Jackeroo and Swag favored lager beer and straight whiskey. Viejo and his
nephew occasionally had a glass or two of tequila. Professor Chrichton and I
were the only teetotalers. On an especially sweltering afternoon I was wiping
beads of ...
6
Never Die Wondering: Alistair Macleod Story
and I said I was going to get a job as a Jackeroo and then eventually own my
own cattle property. She told me, “You're living in a dream world”. I learned early
not to allow other people's negative attitudes influence me. In fact, I turned other ...
"No good comingitinGreek uphere, mister." The jackeroo was the storekeeper's
hourly butt. The jackeroo was a new chum who had done pretty badly at his
public school, andwas goingto do worse inthe bush, but he still knew Latin from
Greek ...
So he spread them out when they left the camp wherever they liked to go, Till he
grew aware of a Jackeroo with a station-hand in tow, And they set to work on the
straggling sheep, and with many a stockwhip crack They forced them in where ...
9
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
jackeroo | Jack Johnson jackeroo; jackaroo mun an apprentice station hand
working on, and learning how to manage, a cattle or sheep station AUSTRALIA,
IRAS Origin unknown. Suggestions have been legion, such as: the male name
Jack ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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E. W. Hornung 22 Mystery- Mr. Justice Raffles Further ...
Moya and the jackeroo were ambling leisurely behind,and nothing
couldhavebeen morenatural than Moya'squestions. "And the hutis unoccupied?"
washernext. "Quite; as amatteroffact, it'sunfit for occupation." "Yetyou
wantedmetodrink the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACKEROO»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
jackeroo is used in the context of the following news items.
Venture into the outback of Australia and find a spiritual oasis in the …
My boyfriend and I have set up a meeting with Father David Barry, a soft-spoken scholar who worked as a bricklayer and as a jackeroo — a ... «National Post, Jun 15»
Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia's outback
My boyfriend and I have set up a meeting with Father David Barry, a soft-spoken scholar who worked as a bricklayer and as a jackeroo — a ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Prince Harry to train in Australia with ADF
Prince Harry worked in Queensland as a jackeroo during his gap year in 2003, then two years ago he came out to Sydney to mark the ... «SBS, Mar 15»
Three 4WDs caught by Mudlo Rocks in one day
Two of the vehicles, a Holden Jackeroo and a Toyota Landcruiser, got trapped and pummelled by the seas last weekend. A driver of a Holden ... «Gympie Times, Mar 15»
Something Coming Through by Paul McAuley review
Set 13 years after the arrival of the aliens, known as the Jackeroo, it's a powerful examination of both the physical effects of the alien tech and ... «GamesRadar, Feb 15»
Former stockman turns fascination with Condamine bells into …
His passion began back in 1954 while working as a jackeroo in western Queensland where the famous Condamine bells would be attached to ... «ABC Online, Jan 15»
South Australia's magical outback: starry skies, red earth and rocky …
You can stay in a jackeroo's cottage, shearer's quarters or a working sheep station such as Rawnsley Park. Take a scenic flight over Lake Eyre: ... «High50, Dec 14»
Fisher: Farmers in Australian Outback scorched by effects of global …
... who came to the area as a jackeroo on a sheep station back in 1958, spotted what he calls mare's tail clouds forming and remarked that this ... «Canada.com, Dec 14»
The business of being Jack Singleton
Family connections meant that when Jack Singleton finished school he did a stint as a jackeroo on Kerry Packer's Northern Territory cattle ... «The Australian Financial Review, Oct 14»
A most unorthodox earl
My father sometimes talked of his time working as a jackeroo, and I remember how impressed I was by his skills. He could lasso a pony, throw a ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
