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... Browdens , half - caste Maori , mighty men with axe or saw , turning unaccustomed hands to the task of setting knife - edge creases in blue trouser - legs . There were Tom Douglas the younger , Jack Beardman , Fred Dale , the Browdens ...
... Browdens , half - caste Maori , mighty men with axe or saw , turning unaccustomed hands to the task of setting knife - edge creases in blue trouser - legs . There were Tom Douglas the younger , Jack Beardman , Fred Dale , the Browdens ...
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... Browden could sing . There were plenty of fiddlers . Fred or Jack Beardman would play . So would Fred Dale , or Tom Douglas , or Harry Churchfield . Strangers were not forgotten when items were wanted , and at a suitable juncture one ...
... Browden could sing . There were plenty of fiddlers . Fred or Jack Beardman would play . So would Fred Dale , or Tom Douglas , or Harry Churchfield . Strangers were not forgotten when items were wanted , and at a suitable juncture one ...
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... Browden will still be heard in the land , for there must be axes there ; and where axes flashed there were always Browdens . But it is unlikely that the graceful Dick has ever been equalled on the fifteen - inch underhand , or that a ...
... Browden will still be heard in the land , for there must be axes there ; and where axes flashed there were always Browdens . But it is unlikely that the graceful Dick has ever been equalled on the fifteen - inch underhand , or that a ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
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appeared bank Beardman Bill Churchfield Billy birds blue broadleaf Bronin Broon Browden bull bullock bungie Catlins cattle caves chain Chaslands Beach clay cows creek Curio Bay dance dark deep dobbin dogs Douglas boys dray eels eyes feet fern fire fish flax Fred Dale Gang Geordie girls gully hack hammer hand hauled Hooki-hook horse huhu grubs inches J. D. S. Roberts Jack Churchfield Jack Miles kakas kamahi knew lads lady legs Little Samson load long Jack looked Maori maun mile morepork morning night Owaka Papatowai perhaps Photograph by J. D. S. picnic piece Pounawea pounds race ragwort rimu river road rock rope round Sandy's scones scow sheuch shot sledge smoke song stream stumps supple-jack Tahakopa Taunton Tautuku timber Tom Douglas tree voice Waikawa Waimahaka walk wheels wild