The Dog And The Tuckerbox

The Dog And The Tuckerbox. The Dog on the Tuckerbox Picture Book · Corinne Fenton "The Dog Sat on the Tucker Box." The man who originally composed the now historic and oft-repeated lines anent the "dog and the tucker box" undoubtedly made history for Gundagai He later wrote a poem inspired by an exhibit at the Gundagai Pastoral Show.

THE DOG ON THE TUCKERBOX MONUMENT, SNAKE GULLY, 5 MILES FROM GUNDAGAI, NEW SOUTH WALES
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In the early days the area was serviced by huge wagons hauled by teams of sturdy bullocks The dog sat on the tucker box five miles from Gundagai

THE DOG ON THE TUCKERBOX MONUMENT, SNAKE GULLY, 5 MILES FROM GUNDAGAI, NEW SOUTH WALES

The Dog on the Tucker Box has been described as `Australia`s best-known pioneer memorial` The original tale of the "dog on the tuckerbox" dates to a doggerel poem, "Bullocky Bill", published anonymously by "Bowyang Yorke" in 1857 The Dog on the Tucker Box has been described as `Australia`s best-known pioneer memorial`

Dog on the Tuckerbox Monument Australia. He later wrote a poem inspired by an exhibit at the Gundagai Pastoral Show. In that poem the distance to Gundagai is given as "five Miles" but Moses reportedly change dthe distance to "nine miles" as he believed it had "more music in it."

Gundagai's Famous Canine Myth of the Dog on the Tuckerbox Bevlea Ross Photography. Jack Moses The poem "Nine Miles from Gundagai" was written by Jack Moses (1861-1945), who was a travelling wine salesman and bush poet. The original tale of the "dog on the tuckerbox" dates to a doggerel poem, "Bullocky Bill", published anonymously by "Bowyang Yorke" in 1857