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Experiencing the Country

The call cannot be resisted. Spring is always sure to find me on the long trail to the valleys … to experience again the weary ranges and elysian valleys, the cold o’nights and the sweat of day, the song of birds and the taste of rabbit hoosh …

Myles Dunphy, conservationist and bushwalker,
‘Transbluemountainia’, 1915, Dunphy Papers,
State Library of New South Wales

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On holiday in Tasmania
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On holiday in Tasmania
1948
National Archives of Australia

 
 
 
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