-
Similar slang or
colloquial words are "the sticks", "the ****s", "the
backblocks", or "Woop Woop" in Australia, "the ****-****s" in New Zealand, "bundu"...
-
Backblock Ballads and
Other Verses is the
first collection of
poems by the
Australian writer C. J. Dennis,
published by E. W. Cole, Melbourne, in 1913...
- to
elderly men. The
chorus of a
famous Australian shearer's song, The
Backblocks'
Shearer (also
known as
Widgegoeera Joe),
written by W.
Tully at Nimidgee...
- 2020. "Life in the
Backblocks".
Otago Daily Times. 18
December 1937.
Retrieved 17
December 2020. ""Barbara of the New
Zealand Backblocks"".
Manawatu Times...
-
their eventual defeat in 1869. Bent then went into
hiding first in the
backblocks of
Taranaki and
later in Wairau, Blenheim. He
spent his
remaining years...
- More, a
clown from the
circus in
Stumptown (somewhere in the
humdrum backblocks of the
United States of America), and a serious-minded
orphan boy called...
- gold rushes, the
brutality of
relaxed restraint, the
boredoms of the
backblocks, the
feeling of
making life anew.
There may be more
similarities between...
- and articles,
remains uncollected. Sorenson's Life in the
Australian Backblocks (London, 1911) is an
account of bush life by a
writer with
practical knowledge...
-
really saw. The
Brisbane Courier stated that the
story came "to
paint the
backblocks in the
colours of ****.
Compare this
horrible nightmare with Lawson's...
- emotions. The
brave mothers who
struggle so
quietly and
effectively in the
backblocks inspire him to his
finest efforts. In
humor and
pathos he is
equally versatile...
