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giant in In Bad Company

YEAR
1901
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giant in In Bad Company

eed. In my favoured district there was always a plentiful supply; sometimes, indeed, more than was agreeable or necessary. Kerang was passed; Tragowel skirted; Mount Hope, then in the occupation of Messrs. Griffith and Greene, reared its granite mass a few miles to the south. As Sir Thomas Mitchell…

Record ID
2,582
Year
1,901
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2582
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
In Bad Company, and other stories; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1901; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
giant
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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eed. In my favoured district there was always a plentiful supply; sometimes, indeed, more than was agreeable or necessary. Kerang was passed; Tragowel skirted; Mount Hope, then in the occupation of Messrs. Griffith and Greene, reared its granite mass a few miles to the south. As Sir Thomas Mitchell stood there, gazing over the illimitable prairie, rich with giant herbage and interspersed but with belts and copses of timber, planted by Nature's hand, the veteran explorer exclaimed with a burst of enthusiasm, 'Australia Felix! This is indeed Australia Felix!' Steady stocking and an occasional dry season had somewhat modified the.

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