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Country, identity & belonging
“Mulga and Wattle”
W. T. Goodge
Now settle you down, and I won't be long,1902→Bush life & work
A Genuine Bush Song
W. T. Goodge
Now come along, ye drover lads,1930→Bush humour & station life
Daley's Dorg Wattle
W. T. Goodge
“You can talk about yer sheep dorgs,” said the man from Allan's Creek,1899→Bush humour & station life
Mulligan's Shanty
W. T. Goodge
Things is just the same as ever1899→Drought, weather & endurance
Praying for Rain
W. T. Goodge
In vast and unimaginable space,1899→Work, hardship & endurance
Station Life
W. T. Goodge
Oh, a station life is the life for me,1904→Bush humour & station life
The Bush Missionary
W. T. Goodge
’T was on old M’Carson’s station, near the finish of the shearing,1901→Bush life & community
The Man from Mulga Flat
W. T. Goodge
He was very bright and chirpy, was the man from Mulga Flat,1897→Money, work & power
The Mining Mart
W. T. Goodge
Now this is the art of the mining mart1901→Bush life & work
The Shearers’ Cook
W. T. Goodge
Now, shearers' cooks, as shearers know,1899→