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Contents
PREFACE ................................................................................ XI
FOREWORD.......................................................................... XV
CHAPTER 1: MY EARLY YEARS.............................................1
How Father Taught me to Ride ............................................................. 1 Canobolas Public School ........................................................................ 1 Holiday at Curtis Creek .......................................................................... 2 Out on the Selection ................................................................................ 3 “Jacko” and My Pony ................................................................................ 3 Anecdotes from Time at Wolaroi Grammar School ......................... 4 Hockey ........................................................................................................ 4 The Dare..................................................................................................... 5 The “Wild Irishman” ............................................................................... 5 The Number Nines................................................................................... 6 Wellington Races ...................................................................................... 9 The Ghosts ............................................................................................... 10 The Straw Man at the Great Western ................................................. 11 Leaving School to be an Orchardist....................................................12 A Bit of a Wild Boy ............................................................................... 12 My Mare is Stolen ................................................................................... 14 My Pony .................................................................................................... 15 The Wake.................................................................................................. 16 Farm Work ............................................................................................... 17 Droving in the 1901–1902 Drought ................................................. 18 Canobolas – the New Capital of Australia?...................................... 22 At Balmoral .............................................................................................. 23 Child Play at Balmoral...........................................................................23 Winemaking............................................................................................. 24 Plum Pudding .......................................................................................... 25
