Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph...
Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph...
Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph in the hand of J. F. Archibald
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1898
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7131
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Published before 1955
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Contents
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 e...
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Full title
Anonymous - 'A Boundary Rider' by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph in the hand of J. F. Archibald
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1025619
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from New Century Antiquarian Books in 2002
Administrative / Biographical history
According to J. F. Archibald's introductory paragraph, this manuscript was found in an abandoned hut on the Western Plains of New South Wales at the end of the 19th century. The anonymous author apparently gave up his work as a boundary rider to go to the war in South Africa. J. F. Archibald was editor of the Bulletin from 1886 to 1903. 'A Boundary...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 7131
Record Identifier
1wN2opOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2opOn
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Reference code
421032
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