Cuaj Mais ntawm Gundagai
Qhov tseeb tiag, txawm tias txoj kab los ntawm thawj nqe, lub monument ntawm tus aub nyob rau hauv lub Tuckerbox lus dag txog tsib mais (yim kilometers) sab qaum teb ntawm New South Wales lub zos ntawm Gundagai.
Kev ua koob tsheej hauv Australian lus dab neeg, paj huam, thiab zaj nkauj, Tus aub nyob rau hauv lub Tuckerbox, yog ib lub cim rau cov pioneers ntawm thaj av Riverina, tau dhau los ua ib lub cim ntawm Australia dhau los.
Tus aub nyob rau Tuckerbox Legend yog yug
Ib tug xov tooj ntawm tus dev lub luag hauj lwm nyob rau hauv pioneering lub sij hawm yog tias tus dev twb zov nws master lub tuckerbox thiab lwm yam khoom thaum nws nrhiav kev pab los ntawm kev raug bogged ntawm ib tug dej hla.
Tus ascas, lubtswj lossis tus neeg tsav tsheb ntawm ib pab neeg thab plaub, nws tsis rov los, tiam sis tus dev tseem yuav tuav lub tuckerbox mus txog thaum nws tuag.
Tucker yog Australian lo lus rau khoom noj khoom haus, yog li khoom noj khoom haus ntawm tus aub tau saib xyuas lub cim sustenance (uas xav tau kev tiv thaiv) ntawm thaj tsam cov pioneers.
'Romanticized' Version
Zaj dab neeg ntawm tus aub dev no muaj peev xwm feem ntau yog ib zaj nkauj romanticized. Lub refrain los ntawm supposedly thawj nqe txog tus aub yog:
Tom qab ntawd tus aub zaum saum lub Tucker Box
Nine mais ntawm Gundagai
Tab sis nws tau raug hais tias nyob hauv "qhov tseeb" thawj, nws tsis yog "zaum" tus dev ua. (Xav txog ib lo lus uas yog ib lub suab pib nrog "s" uas yog lus nrog "zaum" - xav txog qhov yuam kev uas yuav poob rau lub siab - thiab xav txog lwm yam kev khaum li cas, raws li kev hais lus, sab saum toj tawm.)
Verse thiab zaj nkauj
Cov kab ntawm nqe no yog ib feem ntawm zaj dab neeg uas tau sau tseg los ntawm ib tug kws sau paj huam sau npe nyob rau hauv lub npe ntawm Bowyang Yorke thiab luam tawm nyob rau hauv Gundagai Times hauv 1880s.
Tom qab version tau sau los ntawm Gundagai cov neeg sau xov xwm thiab paj huam Jack Mauxes.
Ob lub versions hais ntawm ib pab pawg neeg sib tw tau bogged ntawm ib tug dej hla cuaj mais ntawm Gundagai nrog tus dev tenaciously "zaum" ntawm lub tuckerbox.
Zaj dab neeg ntawm tus aub thiab lub tuckerbox tau muab tso rau hauv zaj nkauj uas tus aub tso rau ntawm lub Tuckerbox (Tsib Mais ntawm Gundagai) los ntawm Australian songwriter Jack O'Hagan uas tau sau nyob hauv Txoj Kev mus rau Gundagai thiab Thaum Ib Tug Tub ntawm Alabama Tau Tus Ntxhais los ntawm Gundagai .
(O'Hagan tsis tau mus rau Gundagai.)
1932 Tshaj tawm
Lub monument ntawm tus aub nyob rau hauv lub Tuckerbox tau nthuav tawm thaum xyoo 1932 txij thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Australia , Joe Lyons, nyob rau 103 lub hnub qub ntawm Australian explorer Charles Sturt lub 1829 hla dej Riverina lub Murrumbidgee River.
Lub monument yog cov creation ntawm Gundagai stonemason Frank Rusconi, lwm ntawm nws cov hauj lwm, lub Marble Masterpiece, yog cov zaub hauv lub zos.
Gundagai, 386 kis laus los ntawm Sydney , lus dag Hume Highway uas khiav hauv zos ntawm Sydney mus rau Melbourne .
Yorke cov kab
Ib feem ntawm Bowyang Yorke's paj huam txog Bullocky Bill:
Raws li kuv tau los nram Conroy 's Gap,
Kuv hnov ib tus ntxhais quaj;
'Muaj mus Bill tus Bullocky,
Nws yog khi rau Gundagai.
Ib tug zoo pluag laus tu siab
Tsis txhob hnov lus tsis muaj tseeb,
Ib tug zoo pluag laus tu siab
Tsis txhob siv tshuaj los nplawm ntawm hmoov av.
Nws pab neeg tau txais bogged ntawm lub cuaj mais creek,
Bill lashed thiab swore thiab quaj;
'Yog hais tias Nobby tsis tau kuv tawm ntawm qhov no,
Kuv mam li tattoo nws cov ntshav nkaum. '
Tab sis Nobby strained thiab tsoo lub cuab khuam,
Thiab poked tawm tus thawj coj lub qhov muag;
Tom qab ntawd tus aub zaum saum lub Tucker Box
Nine mais ntawm Gundagai
Edited thiab hloov tshiab los ntawm Sarah Megginson