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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 The Green Tree Snake
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Stanthorpe, Stanthorpe area, Darling Downs, Queensland,:International Colour Productions , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Invitation : To Old Shearing Matesi"Out where the dingo pups are whelped", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. p.[ix])
Foreword, Colin Newsome , single work autobiography prose (p. [v]-[vii])
Dedication : To Australian Shearersi"To you who drank and laughed and sang", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. p. [viii])
The Green Tree Snakei"The Green Tree Snake, they called him, his trouser legs were green,", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 1-3)
Anzac Day Re-Unioni"I asked a digger I knew "What happened to Blue,", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Wave to Motheri"Yes! I do remember her!", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Smoke from the Chimney at Homei"When you've been harried and hunted hard", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 7)
Pea Pickin'i"Arising when the sparrow starts", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 9-12)
Massacre of Aborigines at Bluff Rock 1844i"The rich lands ran enough stock", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 12-15)
The Shooting of Black Tommy at the Bald Nob Hoteli"I was droving out at Donnelly's", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 15-19)
The Rat Faced Mani"Across the bar from where we are", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 19-21)
How the Little Boy Lost was Foundi""Yeah," said the grizzled old bushman, "I saw The Little Boy Lost,", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
The Duffer's Alibii"The duffer shot and bled the steer in the scrub of No Man's Land;", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Newsome's Famous Dingo Breedi"The price upon a dingo's head", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
Little Children Lost in the Bushi"My children are impudent, horrid and bold;", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
A Horse Called Hooni""Hoon" is a name from the streets of ill-fame", Colin Newsome , single work poetry (p. 28-30)
Shearing at Big Bunyip, Colin Newsome , single work short story (p. 31-32)
Arrival of the Guns, Colin Newsome , single work short story (p. 33-34)
The Challenge, Colin Newsome , single work short story (p. 35-36)
The Desperate Battle, Colin Newsome , single work short story (p. 37-42)
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