Apart from other considerations, there are many Australians who will be reminded by these songs of the life of the shearing sheds, the roar of the diggings townships, and the campfires of the overlanders.

THE OVERLANDER There’s a trade you all know well— It’s bringing cattle over— I’ll tell you all about the time When I became a drover.

I made up my mind to try the spec, To the Clarence I did wander, And bought a mob of duffers there To begin as an overlander.

Chorus Pass the wine cup round, my boys; Don’t let the bottle stand there, For to-night we’ll drink the health Of every overlander.

All kinds of men I had From France, Germany, and Flanders; Lawyers, doctors, good and bad, In the mob of overlanders.

I said, “You’re very hard; Take care, don’t raise my dander, For I’m a regular knowing card, The Queensland overlander.”

They think we live on store beef, But no, I’m not a gander; When a good fat stranger joins the mob, “He’ll do,” says the overlander.

I tried to coax, then bounce him, But my tin I had to squander, For he put threepence a head On the mob of the overlander.

take in the clothes, Here comes an overlander!”

“She’s a plum,” says the overlander.

Settlement of Adelaide and the Overlanders.

These pugnacious aboriginals were the same that had threatened to bring Sturt's boat voyage to a tragical conclusion, and soon after Mitchell's exploration, they waged a determined war against the early overlanders and their stock.

SETTLEMENT OF ADELAIDE AND THE OVERLANDERS.

G.H. Ebden accompanied him, and they were shortly followed by many more: Hamilton, Gardiner, Langbourne, and others, whose names are well-known in Australian history as the first Overlanders.

Within a comparatively short time afterwards, an incessant war began to be waged between the blacks and every Overlander who passed down the Murray.

Sturt had had to follow every turn and curve, whilst the Overlanders avoided the bends of the Murray by following the native paths, which spared them in some cases a journey of one or two days.

When the news of their arrival reached Port Phillip, many other Overlanders were encouraged by Bonney's example to try the shorter route, and the trade in shipping cattle across the straits from Tasmania almost ceased.

He had come out to Sydney in 1834, as clerk to Sir William Westbrooks Burton; but the love of adventure prevailed over his other inclinations, and in 1837, he joined Ebden in squatting pursuits, and eventually distinguished himself as one of the leading Overlanders.

His fortunes as an Overlander have already been noticed.

Ovens, Major. Overlanders.

Hardships of Overlanders.

Hardships of Overlanders.

THE OVERLANDERS.

The eastern extent of the country of South Australia was determined by the Overlanders, as they call the gentlemen who bring stock from New South Wales.

On our arrival in Adelaide the town was full of the Overlanders, and everyone was engaged in buying or selling stock, which gave the place quite an animated appearance.