“We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to me...”
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> **Andy's Gone With Cattle** > > Our Andy's gone to battle now > 'Gainst Drought, the red marauder; > Our Andy's gone with cattle now > Across the Queensland border. > > He's left us in dejection now; Our > hearts with him are roving. It's dull > on this selection now, Since Andy went > a-droving. > > Who now shall wear the cheerful face > In times when things are slackest? And > who shall whistle round the place When > Fortune frowns her blackest? > > Oh, who shall cheek the squatter now > When he comes round us snarling? His > tongue is growing hotter now Since > Andy cross'd the Darling. > > The gates are out of order now, In > storms the `riders' rattle; For far > across the border now Our Andy's gone > with cattle. > > Poor Aunty's looking thin and white; > And Uncle's cross with worry; And poor > old Blucher howls all night Since Andy > left Macquarie. > > Oh, may the showers in torrents fall, > And all the tanks run over; And may > the grass grow green and tall In > pathways of the drover; > > And may good angels send the rain On > desert stretches sandy; And when the > summer comes again God grant 'twill > bring us Andy.
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“We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to me...”
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“The Giraffe took the horse's head and led him along on the most level parts of the road towards the railway station, and two or three chaps went along to help get the sick man into the train...”
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“And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it is on the stairs or the block in polite society.”
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“Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.”
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“It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted wit...”
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“The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of its characteristics, the interest of its history, the ra...”
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“Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a roa...”
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