Author: Celeste Walters
Publisher: Blake Education
ISBN: 9781865092478
Category : Authors, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Guy loves visiting his grandfather out at the farm. After Guy makes a discovery in the old rabbiter's hut, the police come and search the farm. Guy has to make a decision about his secret ... [back cover].
The Rabbiter's Hut
Author: Celeste Walters
Publisher: Blake Education
ISBN: 9781865092478
Category : Authors, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Guy loves visiting his grandfather out at the farm. After Guy makes a discovery in the old rabbiter's hut, the police come and search the farm. Guy has to make a decision about his secret ... [back cover].
Publisher: Blake Education
ISBN: 9781865092478
Category : Authors, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Guy loves visiting his grandfather out at the farm. After Guy makes a discovery in the old rabbiter's hut, the police come and search the farm. Guy has to make a decision about his secret ... [back cover].
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Jackaroo
Author: Owen Genty
Publisher: Owen Genty
ISBN: 9780473114299
Category : Cloncurry Region (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Jackaroo; n. a male station hand. That is according to the "Australian Slang Dictionary' whereas the Macquarie Dictionary gives a more realistic version. " A jack of all trades". Certainly a jackaroo is far more than 'a male station hand', which will be evident as the reader moves through this recount of the writer's five years of 'Station Management Apprenticeship"', possibly a more precise definition of the word. ('Station" being a large sheep and/or cattle property/ranch). The origin of the word 'jackaroo' has been debated as long as the word has been in existence, but the most popular belief is that early English migrants, who worked on stations in the Australian Outback, were given the name of "Jack Raw", being raw to the ways of the Australian bush. One such English migrant, whose name was Jack Carew may have had an influence on the foundation of the word. There is also the more recent female counterpart, known as a jillaroo. It is however, generally agreed that the word has no connection with the famed Australian icon, the kangaroo.
Publisher: Owen Genty
ISBN: 9780473114299
Category : Cloncurry Region (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Jackaroo; n. a male station hand. That is according to the "Australian Slang Dictionary' whereas the Macquarie Dictionary gives a more realistic version. " A jack of all trades". Certainly a jackaroo is far more than 'a male station hand', which will be evident as the reader moves through this recount of the writer's five years of 'Station Management Apprenticeship"', possibly a more precise definition of the word. ('Station" being a large sheep and/or cattle property/ranch). The origin of the word 'jackaroo' has been debated as long as the word has been in existence, but the most popular belief is that early English migrants, who worked on stations in the Australian Outback, were given the name of "Jack Raw", being raw to the ways of the Australian bush. One such English migrant, whose name was Jack Carew may have had an influence on the foundation of the word. There is also the more recent female counterpart, known as a jillaroo. It is however, generally agreed that the word has no connection with the famed Australian icon, the kangaroo.
Gun Smoke and Deer Tails
Author: Bernie Wilkinson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483674975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Around the late 1870s red deer from the Scottish Highlands were transported to New Zealand and released into both Islands for the purpose of the odd bit of sport and know doubt for a bit of variety to the pot. Under total protection for eighteen years the numbers increased along with the spread and by the 1930s the population had become beyond the ability of the Acclimatisation Society to contain the rapid expansion. The Internal affairs department took over the task from 1930 to 1956, and then the DPF, Department Protection Forest division of the culling. During the war with no hunting pressure the deer in the bush and high country had become enormous herds beginning to do some serious damage. Under the control of the Internal affairs department hunters were sent into the back country with pack horses, ex-army 303 Lee-Endfields and endless supplies of 303 ammunition. The hunters were required to take the deer skins and were paid an expense of ten bob per skin. After about 1955 tail tallies were taken, the price per tail from ten bob to a couple of quid depending on the area being hunted. Young men from all around the globe and all walks of life were drawn to the adventure of being paid (not a lot) to hunt in some of New Zealands remotest country. As the hunting became more challenging with the deer expanding into the remotest area of the country the forest Service set up a training camp for hunters in a remote Wairau Valley called Dip Flat. Three months of extensive training was under taken by prospective hunters who had first past a selection course. Days were spent on the range learning basic fire arm skills, first aid, cooking, river crossings, and all the skills needed to be able to work for long periods on your own. Over the three months trainees were assessed as to the type of hunting areas they were best suited for, mountain, country, bush or more open country, then sent to blocks all around the country. However the job was partially suited to the individual loner type or bloke who tended to rely on himself and is aware of his own capabilities and some people are just not at ease working and living for long periods alone. There is no accounting for it; its just the way it is so although having passed through Dip Flat, hunter turnover was still an average of three to four months.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483674975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Around the late 1870s red deer from the Scottish Highlands were transported to New Zealand and released into both Islands for the purpose of the odd bit of sport and know doubt for a bit of variety to the pot. Under total protection for eighteen years the numbers increased along with the spread and by the 1930s the population had become beyond the ability of the Acclimatisation Society to contain the rapid expansion. The Internal affairs department took over the task from 1930 to 1956, and then the DPF, Department Protection Forest division of the culling. During the war with no hunting pressure the deer in the bush and high country had become enormous herds beginning to do some serious damage. Under the control of the Internal affairs department hunters were sent into the back country with pack horses, ex-army 303 Lee-Endfields and endless supplies of 303 ammunition. The hunters were required to take the deer skins and were paid an expense of ten bob per skin. After about 1955 tail tallies were taken, the price per tail from ten bob to a couple of quid depending on the area being hunted. Young men from all around the globe and all walks of life were drawn to the adventure of being paid (not a lot) to hunt in some of New Zealands remotest country. As the hunting became more challenging with the deer expanding into the remotest area of the country the forest Service set up a training camp for hunters in a remote Wairau Valley called Dip Flat. Three months of extensive training was under taken by prospective hunters who had first past a selection course. Days were spent on the range learning basic fire arm skills, first aid, cooking, river crossings, and all the skills needed to be able to work for long periods on your own. Over the three months trainees were assessed as to the type of hunting areas they were best suited for, mountain, country, bush or more open country, then sent to blocks all around the country. However the job was partially suited to the individual loner type or bloke who tended to rely on himself and is aware of his own capabilities and some people are just not at ease working and living for long periods alone. There is no accounting for it; its just the way it is so although having passed through Dip Flat, hunter turnover was still an average of three to four months.
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Strand Magazine
Author: Herbert Greenhough Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Journeys
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Strand Magazine
Author: Sir George Newnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Making Sheep Country
Author: Robert Peden
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775581179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
From the 1840s through World War I, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as large tracts of land were claimed, native vegetation was burned, and large-scale sheep farming was established for wool and, later, meat production. This record focuses on one case study in particular—John Barton Acland and the Mt Peel Station in South Canterbury, New Zealand—to explain how the pastoralists modified their environment. Providing ample insight into the farmers' world, from the sheep they bred to the rabbits, droughts, and floods they fought, this history is a sweeping portrait of the economic and ecological transformation of New Zealand.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775581179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
From the 1840s through World War I, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as large tracts of land were claimed, native vegetation was burned, and large-scale sheep farming was established for wool and, later, meat production. This record focuses on one case study in particular—John Barton Acland and the Mt Peel Station in South Canterbury, New Zealand—to explain how the pastoralists modified their environment. Providing ample insight into the farmers' world, from the sheep they bred to the rabbits, droughts, and floods they fought, this history is a sweeping portrait of the economic and ecological transformation of New Zealand.