My PlaceDepicts life in Australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to 1788. |
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... fish down there , but I never catch anything . This is me and Soxie . Dad says we might move way out into the suburbs soon , and get a house with a big yard all around it . But I think Soxie would hate it . He likes how it smells here ...
... fish down there , but I never catch anything . This is me and Soxie . Dad says we might move way out into the suburbs soon , and get a house with a big yard all around it . But I think Soxie would hate it . He likes how it smells here ...
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... fish around in the olden days . The night the Owens went , we all had a party . Dad used to be a convict too , so he doesn't treat the men like slaves , like Mr Owen and Mr John do . Ma roasted a whole sheep , and Old Freddie danced on ...
... fish around in the olden days . The night the Owens went , we all had a party . Dad used to be a convict too , so he doesn't treat the men like slaves , like Mr Owen and Mr John do . Ma roasted a whole sheep , and Old Freddie danced on ...
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... oysters down the end of the creek . Sam goes fishing in the bay . He catches lots . goat ( ll'goats ) en pig pen Mrs Owen has ( 18 pigs ) planted a blackberry garden hereX I have to wafer them . This is my place . My name's Sam , and.
... oysters down the end of the creek . Sam goes fishing in the bay . He catches lots . goat ( ll'goats ) en pig pen Mrs Owen has ( 18 pigs ) planted a blackberry garden hereX I have to wafer them . This is my place . My name's Sam , and.
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Auntie Adie Baba BAKER best friend BIG HOUSE big tree blackberry BRICK Bridge Bridie brother BUTCHER GROCER catch CENTENNIAL HOTEL CHIMNEYS Church climb convict cows CREEK TRACK Dad says Declan Deli dunny Eddie EMPTY farm Father says fence fish flats garden goes grandparents Granny Sarah says graze horse bus HOUSES CANAL houses Church houses houses John John Owen joss house Kalymnos Kath kids Leck Leck's live with Mum lives here LANE Lollypop lots main road Mama Mareka Maroula McDonald's Michaelis MILK BAR Miss Miller Miss Walkley Müller Mum and Auntie Mum says Mumma name's Ned Kelly night cart old brickpits old factory OWEN'S HORSE party Paul McCartney Petrol pippies PITS play POST OFFICE RAILWAY VIEW HOTEL reckons river SHOPS Sofia Soft drink Sometimes STATION stepping stones STONE MASON stuff swimming hole Sydney Cove there's a big Thommo tram vegetables ware houses warehouse warehouse warehouse WOOLLEN FACTORY woollen mill