[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] “Bred out where the gum trees grow” I am not quite sure whether Jimmy Howard had ever read Bacon’s fragment of an essay on Fame — I rather doubt it — but the fact … [Read more...] about “Bred out where the gum trees grow” [short story by Jack Moses]
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Nine Miles from Gundagai: The Dog and the Tucker Box [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Nine Miles from Gundagai. The Dog and the Tucker Box. I’ve done my share of shearing sheep, Of droving, and all that, And bogged a bullock team as well On a … [Read more...] about Nine Miles from Gundagai: The Dog and the Tucker Box [poem by Jack Moses]
The pessimist [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The pessimist There can be no doubt that the “man on the land,” in pursuit of his daily vocation, has much to contend with, hardships to encounter that would break … [Read more...] about The pessimist [short story by Jack Moses]
A Stranger from Somewhere [poem by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] A Stranger from Somewhere Did you ever strike a one-horse town, A Stranger from Somewhere, And note them quiz you up and down As it you’d no right there? You can read … [Read more...] about A Stranger from Somewhere [poem by Jack Moses]
The whip o’ the West [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The whip o’ the West Some folk, maybe, do not believe in the “long arm of coincidence,” and do not connect incidents of to-day, reflecting the happenings of the … [Read more...] about The whip o’ the West [short story by Jack Moses]
Foreword [for Beyond the City Gates, by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is the foreword to Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Foreword An association with “Mother Bush,” extending over a period of thirty-five years, has taught me much of the splendour and heroism of the men and women of rural … [Read more...] about Foreword [for Beyond the City Gates, by Jack Moses]
Introducing Jack Moses [by Frank Morton]
[Editor: This introductory chapter (about the author, Jack Moses), written by Frank Morton, is from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Introducing Jack Moses One lazy night, about a thousand years ago, I wandered into the old theatre at … [Read more...] about Introducing Jack Moses [by Frank Morton]
“If I Could Put the Clock Back.” [short story by Jack Moses]
[Editor: This is a poem from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] “If I Could Put the Clock Back.” “If I could put the clock back a score of years or so I’d pick up again my old bush tracks and pals I used to know, I’d light once … [Read more...] about “If I Could Put the Clock Back.” [short story by Jack Moses]
Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse [by Jack Moses, 1923]
[Editor: This collection of poems and short stories by Jack Moses was published in 1923. Jack Moses was best known as the author of the famous poem “Nine Miles from Gundagai”.] Beyond the City Gates Australian Story & Verse by Jack Moses Illustrations by R. H. … [Read more...] about Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse [by Jack Moses, 1923]