Issue Details: First known date: 1876... 1876 Sketches from the Bush : The Rouseabout's Hut at Shearing Time
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On the variety of characters - mainly swagmen - who assemble in the rouseabout's huts on Riverina sheep station just before shearing. Describes their readiness to enjoy the squatter's open hospitality before the dread days of signing-on actually arrive - when many move on to the next station. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 12 no. 139 December 1876 Z1056605 1876 periodical issue 1876 pg. 200-201
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