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Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862-1869

Chapter 22: Transcriber's Note:
By William Henry Corfield
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The author recounts his emigration as a young man and decades of life on Queensland's pastoral frontier, narrating a prolonged sea voyage, arrival in settlement, and work managing shepherds, cattle and wool transport. He recalls station routines and dangers, struggles with animal disease and difficult travel, interactions with Indigenous people and other settlers, and everyday practical lessons such as bullock driving and drafting. The memoir offers episodic anecdotes and practical details that together evoke the isolation, hazards, and evolving social and economic life of early rural settlement.

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Transcriber's Note:

The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Page 10: A period was added after the sentence ending with "in an open yard."

Page 35: "eZaland" changed to "Zealand"  (returning to New Zealand)

Page 53: "myall" changed to "Myall"  (he saw a lot of Myall)

Page 59: "blackboy" changed to "black boy"  (Knowing I had no black boy)

Page 73: "lfting" changed to "lifting"  (On lifting his head)

Page 107: Apostrophe added before "Frisco"  ('Frisco was en-fete)

Page 111: "evining" changed to "evening"  (At dark one evening)

Page 125: "povisions" changed to "provisions"  (strong piece of rope, provisions)

Page 129: A period was added after the sentence ending with "the House passed the bill."

Page 130: "sesssion" changed to "session"  (during the session)

Page 139: "he" changed to "the"  (the temperature)


All other spelling and punctuation inconsistencies have been retained.