[Editor: This is a chapter from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] A retrospect I feel that I cannot close the pages of my book without some reference to those pioneers of many country shows, who have passed “Beyond the Gates.” I … [Read more...] about A retrospect [by Jack Moses]
Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923)
When the Seasons Come Again [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] When the Seasons Come Again The West is looking green and grand, The country’s smiling sweet, The cocky’s stirring up the soil, And showering in the wheat. The … [Read more...] about When the Seasons Come Again [poem by Jack Moses]
Carry on: The tale of a citizen [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Carry on The tale of a citizen. The man who is a citizen in his own town is a citizen in the truest sense of the word, for he is a citizen of his State, reflected … [Read more...] about Carry on: The tale of a citizen [short story by Jack Moses]
The Breaking o’ the Drought [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The Breaking o’ the Drought The rain on the wind, that comes from the West, Brings a sigh of relief to everyone’s breast. I cart see a strong people away on The … [Read more...] about The Breaking o’ the Drought [poem by Jack Moses]
Younger Yet [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Younger Yet (Fancies indulged in on the opening day of Young’s big Jubilee Show.) Who was it named this fair town Young? Will someone answer that? I thought the place … [Read more...] about Younger Yet [poem by Jack Moses]
The sacrifice of Sendem [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The sacrifice of Sendem Now Sendem was a dog. Just a dog, a town stray, which had become very much at home at Wattle Flat. Sendem came unexpectedly, but his … [Read more...] about The sacrifice of Sendem [short story by Jack Moses]
Your Photo While You Wait [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Your Photo While You Wait Ay! Mister, just a minute, please, Your photo while you wait. Keep the lady by your side While I fix the plate. Put your hat back from your … [Read more...] about Your Photo While You Wait [poem by Jack Moses]
When the pavilion opens [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] When the pavilion opens The “big” day was bright and warm, and the crowd had congregated early at Wattle Flat Show, with a hope of doing the pavilion before the … [Read more...] about When the pavilion opens [short story by Jack Moses]
Explaining the points [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Explaining the points It was the day following the Wattle Flat Exhibition. Wattle Flat had not yet got back to normal conditions, in fact, Wattle Flat was still … [Read more...] about Explaining the points [short story by Jack Moses]
When the big drum beats [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] When the big drum beats “Hi! Hi! Hi!” “Come over here — Come over, here.” The big drum beats, the crowd gathers and the show begins. A feature prominent in the … [Read more...] about When the big drum beats [short story by Jack Moses]
Lock the Lachlan [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Lock the Lachlan Billo Jones once said to me, “Now wouldn’t it be grand If they’d only lock the Lachlan and irrigate the land. They have the soil and climate, and the … [Read more...] about Lock the Lachlan [poem by Jack Moses]
The bigness of Larry Logan [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The bigness of Larry Logan How Larry Logan came to be dubbed “Lucky Larry” is not known to many, but, maybe, there are some, in scattered spots, who know the … [Read more...] about The bigness of Larry Logan [short story by Jack Moses]
Pinched wheat [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Pinched wheat Ikey Isaacs and his brother Abey saw wonderful possibilities in the Poultry Industry, and thus it was that on their adjoining properties were … [Read more...] about Pinched wheat [short story by Jack Moses]
The Thing that Keeps the Bailiff Out [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The Thing that Keeps the Bailiff Out There’s lots of things we could do without, If we only knew the way. We could do without the angry frown, And the bitter things we … [Read more...] about The Thing that Keeps the Bailiff Out [poem by Jack Moses]
Interviewing His Excellency [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Interviewing His Excellency In all my long and happy association with the Wattle Flat Annual Exhibition, it has never been my good fortune to fraternise at the … [Read more...] about Interviewing His Excellency [short story by Jack Moses]
Along the Castlereagh [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Along the Castlereagh Now, this Coonamble fountain, that’s dripping in the park, Came it in commemoration or put there for a lark? A weird and plucky struggle to show the … [Read more...] about Along the Castlereagh [poem by Jack Moses]
Snifter the outlaw [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Snifter the outlaw Queensland bred Snifter, and Queensland was proud of Snifter. Snifter was a good upstanding neddy, and could buck a treat; that’s when Clinker … [Read more...] about Snifter the outlaw [short story by Jack Moses]
Dinny of Dennisvale [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Dinny of Dennisvale Dinny was not a bad old sort. Dinny kept the Shamrock Arms at Dennisvale, and many a down-and-out found a knife-and-fork and a plateful of … [Read more...] about Dinny of Dennisvale [short story by Jack Moses]
Nimbin [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Nimbin (Nimbin is an agricultural centre twenty-one miles from Lismore, on the Richmond.) I can’t forget you, Nimbin; You charm me like a book, The cattle in your … [Read more...] about Nimbin [poem by Jack Moses]
Jindalee [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Jindalee I’m going home to Jindalee, The sweetest spot on earth to me; The moon and stars shine brighter there, Than I have seen them anywhere. The fleecy clouds … [Read more...] about Jindalee [poem by Jack Moses]
The “lock-up” wood [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The “lock-up” wood Sergeant Flanaghan was in charge of Lightning Ridge Station, which stood at the junction of many roads, winding in the West. The Ridge became a … [Read more...] about The “lock-up” wood [short story by Jack Moses]
The show time drama [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The show time drama Before the days of the big moving Tent Theatre, a theatrical project which enabled patrons of the drama in the country to witness productions on … [Read more...] about The show time drama [short story by Jack Moses]
’Ere Chee Kum, Ali [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] ’Ere Chee Kum, Ali. Ah Chum was a cash buyer of dead wool, skins and hides, in a well-known sheep and cattle district. The Wool Merchant was proud of the fact that he … [Read more...] about ’Ere Chee Kum, Ali [poem by Jack Moses]
The Smoko [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The Smoko The “Smoko,” held annually in connection with the Wattle Flat Exhibition, is invariably described, year in and year out, as the great social gathering of … [Read more...] about The Smoko [short story by Jack Moses]
Don’t Growl at the Puddles [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Don’t Growl at the Puddles Some people they growl at the beautiful rain; It sweetens the ground and brings up the grain. If the rain ceased to fall and the rivers ran … [Read more...] about Don’t Growl at the Puddles [poem by Jack Moses]