scrub-lands

Updated: June 9, 2025

'It's two horses, I tell you! 'It's three, you ! 'Lay you ! 'Put the stuff up! A clack of gate thrown open. 'Who is it, Tom? Voices from gatewards, yelling, 'Johnny Mears! They've got Johnny Mears! Then rose yells, and a cheer such as is seldom heard in scrub-lands.

Henry Lawson - Joe Wilson and His Mates