Barefoot Through the BindiesGrowing up in North Queensland in the early 1900's. Australian children of this new millennium take for granted a lifestyle that includes videos, T.V. Soapies, DVDs, computer games. But the children of a hundred years ago, the Federation era, had a different set of expectations. They walked barefoot through the bindies to school. |
Contents
A Hardier Type | 1 |
On the Burdekin | 22 |
Maytown Girl | 37 |
Battlers | 52 |
A Chance of Taking Articles | 65 |
The Wheelwrights Story | 87 |
Born to Floods and Droughts | 104 |
Bars Across the Fire to Put The Billy | 123 |
Never Much Time to Play | 141 |
Mother Always Liked a China Teapot | 150 |
The Eldest Boy in the Family | 174 |
Any Fish is a Good Fish | 201 |
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Barefoot Through the Bindies: Growing Up in North Queensland in the Early 1900s Marion Houldsworth No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
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