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Identifier: blackpoliceofque00kenn (find matches)
Title: The black police of Queensland : reminiscences of official work and personal adventures in the early days of the colony
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Kennedy, Edward B
Subjects: Queensland -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d been pursued in the part of Victoria withwhich he was acquainted had only ended bythe black fellows learning everything that wastaught them like so many parrots, with theresult that no lasting good was effected, sohe intended trying another plan. When we arrived at the camp we receivedappalling proof that some of these statementsapplied as much to the Queensland as to theVictorian black. Men and women, clad for the most part inscanty old skirts, came running out to meet us,and it was at once evident that the appearanceof my mate in his clerical attire had causedgreat excitement. A black fellows eyes areeverywhere, and he takes in everything at aglance. The natives guessed rightly that Iwas a new arrival in the Colony, and as mycompanion had approached the camp by anotherroute to mine, they probably thought that wewere unacquainted with each other. At allevents, a black fellow came up to me, as Ihappened to be the first up, and placing hishand gently on the bridle of my horse, nodded
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clad ... in SCANTY OLD SKIRTS. \Tofacep. l6. I) BLACKFELLOWS MIMICRY 17 his head in the direction of my friend, with That fellow priest ? I agreed ; upon which,sinking his voice to a mysterious and hoarsewhisper, he proceeded— Budgery. Thatfellow like it put on shirt over trousel, get atop o waddy, and yabber bout debil, debil;which, rendered in plain English, reads—*• Good. That man puts his shirt on over histrousers, gets top of wood, or pulpit, and talksabout devil, devil. Before I could make any remark upon thisnew and startling manner of describing apreacher, the whole mob of blacks, who hadbeen listening to the information vouchsafedme, commenced to dance about with joy athaving a parson in their midst; and we soonfound out the reason, for my instructor, signingto the others to be quiet, struck an attitude,then turned to his reverence with an air ofpride and satisfaction, and thus addressed him : You give mine tixpence mine say lorsprertin commands budgery quick all same w

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  • bookauthor:Kennedy__Edward_B
  • booksubject:Queensland____Description_and_travel
  • bookpublisher:London___Murray
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  • bookleafnumber:46
  • bookcollection:cdl
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