Bruce, Mary Grant, 1878-1958 / 2008-06-19 00:00:00
EBOOK BACK TO BILLABONG ***
Produced by Donald Lainson
BACK TO BILLABONG
By Mary Grant Bruce
1921
"Beyond the distant sky-line
(Now pansy-blue and clear),
We know a land is waiting,
A brown land, very dear:
A land of open spaces,
Gaunt forest, treeless plain:
And if we once have loved it
We must come back again."
(Dorothea Mackellar.)
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. LANCASTER GATE, LONDON, W
II. THE RAINHAMS
III. PLAYING TRUANT
IV. COMING HOME
V. THE TURN OF FORTUNE'S WHEEL
VI. SAILING ORDERS
VII. THE WATCH DOGS
VIII. HOW TOMMY BOARDED A STRANGE TAXI
IX. THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA
X. BILLABONG
XI. COLONIAL EXPERIENCES
XII. ON INFLUENZA AND FURNITURE
XIII. THE HOME ON THE CREEK
XIV. THE CUNJEE RACES
XV. HOW WALLY RODE A RACE
XVI. BUILDING UP AGAIN
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CHAPTER I
LANCASTER GATE, LONDON, W
"Do the beastly old map yourself, if you want it. I shan't, anyhow!"
"Wilfred!"
"Aw, Wil-fred!" The boy at the end of the schoolroom table, red-haired,
snub-nosed and defiant, mimicked the protesting tone. "I've done it
once, and I'm blessed if I do it again."
"No one would dream that it was ever meant for Africa." The young
teacher glanced at the scrawled and blotted map before her.
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