• Title
  A Boundary Rider by 'Back Blocker', ca. 1898, together with an introductory paragraph in the hand of J. F. Archibald
• Call number
  MLMSS 7131
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1898
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  421032
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  According to J. F. Archibald's introductory paragraph, this manuscript was found in an abandoned hut on the Western Plains of New South Wales at the end of the 19th century. The anonymous author apparently gave up his work as a boundary rider to go to the war in South Africa. J. F. Archibald was editor of the Bulletin from 1886 to 1903. 'A Boundary Rider' was probably published in the Bulletin early in the 20th century.
• Scope and Content
  The manuscript describes the solitary and monotonous life of a boundary rider in western New South Wales at the end of the 19th century. It comprises seven foolscap pages written in ink, endorsed on the last page in blue pencil with the title and dated 1898. There are some editorial marks that are not in the author's hand. On a separate leaf, the editorial introduction states that "It tells of the loneliness of the plains as experienced by one unaccustomed to such solitude. With grim humour he details an average day of which three hundred & sixty-five made up his uneventful year."
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Published before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1025619
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Archibald, Jules Francois, 1856-1919
  
• Name
  Bulletin (Sydney, N.S.W. : 1880)
  
• Subject
  Australia--Rural conditions.
  Country life--New South Wales.
  Stockmen--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1074679

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