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... Catlins Bush ; these were the wanderings of the Douglas family - fifty years ago . There is nothing like the bush . White man or black man , boy or girl , any bush will hold them spell- bound , any bush will call to the questing ...
... Catlins Bush ; these were the wanderings of the Douglas family - fifty years ago . There is nothing like the bush . White man or black man , boy or girl , any bush will hold them spell- bound , any bush will call to the questing ...
Page 12
... Catlins bush , beckoning and alluring and promising . Everywhere sang the birds , hopeful and entrancing . Pigeons would sit on the high bare tops of those lifeless rimus , giving them a new meaning ; moreporks would call from dead ...
... Catlins bush , beckoning and alluring and promising . Everywhere sang the birds , hopeful and entrancing . Pigeons would sit on the high bare tops of those lifeless rimus , giving them a new meaning ; moreporks would call from dead ...
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George Edward Dewar. H CHAPTER 16 THE CATLINS LINE AMMER and drill , shovel and pick were being used to purpose on the Catlins River Extension railway line . While the women and children did their best amongst the logs and the scrub ...
George Edward Dewar. H CHAPTER 16 THE CATLINS LINE AMMER and drill , shovel and pick were being used to purpose on the Catlins River Extension railway line . While the women and children did their best amongst the logs and the scrub ...
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