Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph in the hand of J. F. Archibald

The manuscript describes the solitary and monotonous life of a boundary rider in western New South Wales at the end of the 19th century. It comprises seven foolscap pages written in ink, endorsed on the last page in blue pencil with the title and dated 1898. There are some editorial marks that are not in the author's hand. On a separate leaf, the editorial introduction states that "It tells of the loneliness of the plains as experienced by one unaccustomed to such solitude. With grim humour he details an average day of which three hundred & sixty-five made up his uneventful year."

Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph...

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