Colonial Expereriences single work   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1872... 1872 Colonial Expereriences
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A new chum arrives in Australia around 1868 and unable to find a job in Melbourne after several months takes a situation as 'colonial experience youth' on a station past Booligool in outback NSW. The wearying journey there and the harshness of life on the station (from the heat and dryness to the hard, monotonous work) is vividy evoked. (PB)

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