Inja kwiTuckerbox

Iimitha ezili-9 ezivela eGundagai

Enyanisweni, nangona umgca ovela kwindinyana yokuqala, isikhumbuzo seNja kwiTuckerbox ihlala malunga neekhilomitha ezili-8 ukusuka ngasentla kwidolophu yaseNew South Wales yaseGundagai.

Ukubhiyozelwa kwintlalo yase- Australia , imbongo, kunye nengoma, inja kwiTuckerbox, isikhumbuzo kubavulindlela boMmandla waseMrina, uye waba uphawu lwexesha elidlulileyo lase-Australia.

Inja kwiTuckerbox Legend izalwa

Inye enye indima yendima kumaxesha oovulindlela kukuba inja yayikulinda ibhokisi le-tucker yayo kunye nezinye izinto ngenkathi ifuna uncedo ekungeneni komlambo.

Inkosi, inkunzi okanye umqhubi weqela leenkomo, akayi kubuya kodwa inja iyaqhubeka ilinda ibhokisi le-tucker kuze kube sekufeni kwayo.

I-Tucker ligama lase-Australia lokutya, ngoko ibhokisi yokutya inja ekulindile ibonakalisa ukutya (okufuneka ukukhusela) boovulindlela bendawo.

'Romanticized' Version

Ibali leyinja ethembekileyo mhlawumbi inguhlobo oluthandwayo. Ukuyeka kwivesi eliyicatshulwa malunga nenja yile:

Emva koko inja yahlala kwiBhokisi leTucker
Iimitha ezili-9 ukusuka eGundagai

Kodwa kuthe kwathiwa ukuba "yangempela" yangaphambili, "ayihleli" leyo inja. (Cinga ngegama elilodwa-syllable eliqala ngo-"s" ukuba iziqulatho "zihleli" - qwa lasela iintsilelo ezihlaselwa yinkomo - kwaye ucinge ukuba yintoni enye inhlekelele eyenzekayo, ngendlela yokuthetha, uyikhuphe.)

Ivesi kunye neNgoma

Le mihlathi yevesi iyingxenye ibali elibhalwa ngumbhalo ongaziwa phantsi kwegama elithi Bowyang Yorke kwaye iphapashwe kwi- Gundagai Times kuma-1880.

Ingqungquthela yangaphambili yabhalwa ngu-Gundagai intatheli kunye nomlobi uJack Moses.

Zomibini iinguqu zithetha iqela leenkomo lixilwe emlanjeni owela iikhilomitha ezili-9 ukusuka eGundagai kunye nenja "ngokuhlala" kwi-tuckerbox.

Ibali leja kunye nebhokisi le-tucker ibhalwe kwingoma apho inja ihlala kwiTuckerbox (i-Miles e-Five esuka eGundagai) ngumculi wengoma wase-Australia uJack O'Hagan naye wabhala e -Road to Gundagai kwaye xa umfana ovela e-Alabama ehlangana nentombazana ukusuka eGundagai .

(UOhgan wayengakaze aye eGundagai.)

1932 Ukutyhila

Isikhumbuzo seNja kwiTuckerbox yavulwa ngowe-1932 nguNkulumbuso waseOstreliya , uJoe Lyons, kwiminyaka engama-103 yomngcwaba wase-Australia uCharles Sturt we-1829 owela uMlambo waseMrrumbidgee uMlamina.

Isikhumbuzo sasidalwa yiGundagai umkhonto we-Frank Rusconi, omnye umsebenzi wakhe, iMicable Masterpiece, iboniswa edolophini.

I-Gundagai, iikhilomitha ezili-386 ukusuka eSydney , ilele kwiHume Highway ehamba ukusuka kwiSydney ukuya eMelbourne .

Imizila yaseYorke

Icandelo lembongo kaBuyyang Yorke ngeBilllocky Bill:

Njengoko ndiza ku-Conroy's Gap,
Ndivile intombi ekhala;
'Kukho uBill the Bullocky,
Ubophelelwe kwiGundagai.
Umcebisi omdala ohluphekileyo
Awuzange uphumelele ngokunyaniseka,
Umcebisi omdala ohluphekileyo
Ungalokothi usebenzise izibetho ngothuli.
Iqela lakhe lafakwa emfuleni wee-9 miles,
UBill wabuhlungu waza wafunga waza wakhala;
'Ukuba uNobby angangiphumeli kule nto,
Ndiya kubhala ityhigi yakhe igazi.
Kodwa iNobby yahlutha kwaye yaphule idyokhwe,
Yaye yamisa iliso lendoda;
Emva koko inja yahlala kwiBhokisi leTucker
Iimitha ezili-9 ukusuka eGundagai

Ihleliwe kwaye ihlaziywa nguSarah Megginson