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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 How Would You Be? : Fifty Laughing, Lilting Ballads from the Land of the Billabongs
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Charters Towers, Charters Towers area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,:Mimosa Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Blindi"Two mates of The Ghan they were sharing a flat,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 57 - 58) Section: Tall Tales (nearly true)
Shearing with Lunixidenei"Last night whilst I was fast asleep,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 59 -61) Section: Tall Tales (nearly true)
The Record Weti"A chap I know told me this one", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 62) Section: Tall Tales (nearly true)
Closed Seasoni"A city wife in Sydney Town", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 65) Section: Short and Sharp
Jimmy Jason, Jackerooi"He came to us a stripling", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 66) Section: Short and Sharp
Overduei"We once had a barber named Charlie", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 67) Section: Short and Sharp
Crossed Channelsi"Two policemen in a western town", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 68) Section: Short and Sharp
Poor Dadi"'Who makes all the apples, Mum,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 69) Section: Short and Sharp
Is This the Bush?i"A tourist, plump and well attired,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 70) Section: Short and Sharp
Woolbales and Stubbiesi"There's a row of bulging woolbales on the ramp to roll away,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 71) Section: Shrot and Sharp
Dragons by George!i"Saint George fought a dragon in Days of Old", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 72 - 74) Section: Short and Sharp
How We Put the Umpire Out!i"Now, cricket is a sterling game that's played in British lands,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 77) Section: 'Sport'
An Exclusive Interviewi"Have you ever seen the breakers rolling in against the tide", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 78 - 80) Section: 'Sport'
The Carnivali"It was somewhere in the outback, in that great wide barren land,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 81 - 84) Section: 'Sport'
Tinyi"Though schoolboys may come in all sizes -", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 87 - 88) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
English Without Tears 1972 : A Week with Form 4A as Seen by an Anonymous Fly on the Walli"Form 4A is a lively class of thirty girls and boys", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 89 - 90) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
A Bush School Christening, or, How I Came to be Called 'Bill'i"We've been five Richards in a row,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 91 - 92) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
The Swimming Team 1975i"Some strange things happen in life's course, unplanned and unforeseen,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 93 - 94) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
The Swimming Team : 1975 : Part Twoi"Each morning on the stroke of six - you'd have to be a fool -", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 95) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
The Swimming Team 1980i"Since I began to coach the team,", Richard Magoffin , single work poetry (p. 96 - 97) Section: Chalk and Talk (Boarding School Ballads)
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