working-bullocks

Updated: May 29, 2025

"And do you know there's a new act passed 'Parkes's Act, they call it that makes the removing of working-bullocks from pastoral leasehold, on Sundays, a misdemeanour, punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour?" "Granny!" he remarked. Driven back in disorder, I hurried up my second line. "Do you know who these bullocks belong to?"

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life