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... night , mostly after rain . I first heard him in the gutta - percha of Brunette , tucked in my swag with an ear to the ground - that uncanny , small , sharp , ventriloquial bark . Was it somebody chopping in the woods — a goanna ? — a ...
... night , mostly after rain . I first heard him in the gutta - percha of Brunette , tucked in my swag with an ear to the ground - that uncanny , small , sharp , ventriloquial bark . Was it somebody chopping in the woods — a goanna ? — a ...
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... night long ago at Powell's Creek when little Billy Gents , the operator , passed on to a camp of drovers , as the Telegraph always did , the news of the night . Marconi had perfected radio - telegraphy . " That means you're out of a job ...
... night long ago at Powell's Creek when little Billy Gents , the operator , passed on to a camp of drovers , as the Telegraph always did , the news of the night . Marconi had perfected radio - telegraphy . " That means you're out of a job ...
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... night . The horse - tailer brings in the night - horses ready saddled , and tethers them to trees on the head ringer's side . Ten o'clock watch turns in and the others soon after , in trousers and boots , sometimes spurs . The cattle ...
... night . The horse - tailer brings in the night - horses ready saddled , and tethers them to trees on the head ringer's side . Ten o'clock watch turns in and the others soon after , in trousers and boots , sometimes spurs . The cattle ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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