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Lime-Juice Tub [folk music, videos]

21 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

Australian Folk Songs

“Limejuice Tub” is an Australian folk song, which is part of Australia’s folk music tradition. The lyrics are available here. The Bushwackers - Limejuice Tub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGAhrR3xxWE Bruce Woodley - Limejuice … [Read more...] about Lime-Juice Tub [folk music, videos]

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Lime-Juice Tub [folk song]

21 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

“Lime-Juice Tub” is an Australian folk song, which is part of Australia’s folk music tradition. The song has been passed on by word of mouth, and has been collected by folk music enthusiasts. As is common with folk songs which have been passed around by word of mouth, there are … [Read more...] about Lime-Juice Tub [folk song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: folk music, folk songs, shearers

Goorianawa [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Goorianawa Now I’m getting broken mouthed, My shearing’s at an end, Although they call me … [Read more...] about Goorianawa [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: conflict Aborigines vs Whites, Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), shearers, song, SourceTrove, year1932

Tomahawking Fred [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Tomahawking Fred Now some shearing I have done, and some prizes I have won, Through my knuckling down … [Read more...] about Tomahawking Fred [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), shearers, song, SourceTrove, year1932

Banks of Riverine [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Banks of Riverine Hark! Hark! the dogs are barking, I can no longer stay; The boys have all gone … [Read more...] about Banks of Riverine [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), shearers, song, SourceTrove, year1932

My Four Little Johnny-Cakes [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] My Four Little Johnny-Cakes Hurrah for the Lachlan, boys, and join me in a cheer; That’s the place to … [Read more...] about My Four Little Johnny-Cakes [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), shearers, song, SourceTrove, year1932

The Snagger’s Lament [poem by T. C. Luke, 15 March 1893]

26 June 2020 · 3 Comments

[Editor: This poem by T. C. Luke was published in The Shearers’ and General Laborers’ Record (Newport, Vic.), 15 March 1893.] The Snagger’s Lament. I’m only a snagger, you know me, I thought I would tackle the game; I reckoned some fast man would show me The path that … [Read more...] about The Snagger’s Lament [poem by T. C. Luke, 15 March 1893]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, publication The Shearers’ and General Laborers’ Record, shearers, SourceQldUni, year1893

A Queensland back block story in verse [“Lambing Down His Cheque” poem, 15 March 1893]

26 June 2020 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This poem was published in The Shearers’ and General Laborers’ Record (Newport, Vic.), 15 March 1893.] A Queensland back block story in verse. No resident of Australian towns or cities for any length of time, however ignorant of the customs of the Australian … [Read more...] about A Queensland back block story in verse [“Lambing Down His Cheque” poem, 15 March 1893]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, publication The Shearers’ and General Laborers’ Record, shearers, SourceQldUni, year1893

Dangers of Bush-Travelling [15 February 1871]

17 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about the dangers of lack of water and hot weather faced by itinerant workers traveling in the bush. Published in The South Australian Advertiser, 15 February 1871.] Dangers of Bush-Travelling. A bushman named John O’Flaherty has called upon us and … [Read more...] about Dangers of Bush-Travelling [15 February 1871]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: shearers, SourceTrove, year1871

Shearing in Australia [31 October 1874]

17 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article published in The Australasian Sketcher, 31 October 1874.] Shearing in Australia. Shearing time is the great harvest of the pastoral interest and all the industries depending upon it. In our last issue we had an article, showing how much in Victoria, … [Read more...] about Shearing in Australia [31 October 1874]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: publication The Australasian Sketcher, shearers, SourceTrove, year1874

[Shearers, and coloured labour for the sugar industry] [10 September 1889]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A report on the Shearers’ Union and the employment of coloured labour. This is an extract from a column of news reports, entitled “The Barcoo”, which consisted of various news items regarding the Barcoo area of Queensland. Published in The Morning Bulletin, 10 September … [Read more...] about [Shearers, and coloured labour for the sugar industry] [10 September 1889]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: colonial White Australia policies, shearers, SourceTrove, unions, year1889

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