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On Our Selection

Steele Rudd · 1899

Original text in English.

A family clears a piece of land that yields nothing, and every disaster there is told as a farce.

Short stories · 26 parts · about 42 000 words · about 3 h 04 of reading

Contents

1. IStarting the Selection6 min
2. IIOur First Harvest4 min
3. IIIBefore We Got The Deeds7 min
4. IVWhen the Wolf was at the Door7 min
5. VThe Night We Watched For Wallabies5 min
6. VIGood Old Bess8 min
7. VIICranky Jack11 min
8. VIIIA Kangaroo-Hunt from Shingle Hut7 min
9. IXDave's Snakebite7 min
10. XDad And The Donovans8 min
11. XIA Splendid Year For Corn9 min
12. XIIKate's Wedding9 min
13. XIIIThe Summer Old Bob Died10 min
14. XIVWhen Dan Came Home5 min
15. XVOur Circus5 min
16. XVIWhen Joe Was In Charge13 min
17. XVIIDad's "Fortune."6 min
18. XVIIIWe Embark in the Bear Industry5 min
19. XIXNell and Ned8 min
20. XXThe Cow We Bought9 min
21. XXIThe Parson and the Scone4 min
22. XXIICallaghan's Colt7 min
23. XXIIIThe Agricultural Reporter6 min
24. XXIVA Lady at Shingle Hut6 min
25. XXVThe Man with the Bear-Skin Cap5 min
26. XXVIOne Christmas8 min

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