He was probably about 12-14 years old, and presumably acted as horse-tailer and as general rouseabout while in camp. |
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Shearers often allowed the rouseabout to shear the bell sheep. |
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A rouseabout was first an odd-job man on a sheep station and then any kind of handyman. |
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Jake once worked as a rouseabout and shearer in rural Western Australia. |
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He was the general rouseabout for the town really. Whenever they needed a dirty job done Nat was on the list. |
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By the time he was 12 years of age he was working as a rouseabout. |
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He found work as a rouseabout and labourer in rural New South Wales, particularly around Forbes, Cowra, and the western districts, where he worked mainly in the wool industry. |
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British-brewed Churchill Beers are making their debut in the United States through international import company, Rouseabout International Inc. |
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