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Moorabbin Air MuseumBook - General aviation, Earlybird The Story of Phil Lightband
... bird...First leg...Bogged...Foreign skies...Winged...Jail...General aviation The child bird Air born The helmet speaks Solo Old enough Dancing Discipline Crossroads War bird Grounded Sea gulls The silver blue bird First leg Bogged Foreign skies Winged Jail birds Wings clipped Bikes & prams Phoenix Between two worids Amphibians Rainmakers Biography of NZ pilot Phil Lightbrand & his involvement in NZ general aviation, circa 1996 Earlybird The Story of Phil Lightband Book General aviation ...Biography of NZ pilot Phil Lightbrand & his involvement in NZ general aviation, circa 1996non-fictionBiography of NZ pilot Phil Lightbrand & his involvement in NZ general aviation, circa 1996the child bird, air born, the helmet speaks, solo, old enough, dancing, discipline, crossroads, war bird, grounded, sea gulls, the silver blue bird, first leg, bogged, foreign skies, winged, jail birds, wings clipped, bikes & prams, phoenix, between two worids, amphibians, rainmakers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Bob Brothers Memorial, 26th June 1964
... If a man's in a hole you just pass round the hat - Were he jail bird or gentleman once'...If a man's in a hole you just pass round the hat - Were he jail bird or gentleman once' Bendigo Bob Brothers Send around the hat Pass around the hat Dr. ...The inscription on the plaque for Bob Brothers reads: 'this sundial and garden court is erected as a memorial and tribute to Bob Brothers, a native of this City of Bendigo. His charity, kindness and comradeship, particularly at Bourke on the Darling River, N.S.W., inspired Henry Lawson to characterise him in the story 'Send around the Hat.' 'And I wish that I could immortalise him ' Henry Lawson. Extract from poem: 'Now this is the creed from the Book of the Bush - Should be simple and plain to a dunce. If a man's in a hole you just pass round the hat - Were he jail bird or gentleman once'Newspaper article titled 'Bob Brothers: Any Clues? with a three page copy of information and a photograph of the Bob Brothers sundial and plaque memorial in Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Newspaper article, 26th June, 1964, Bendigo Advertiser, discusses a proposed book on Henry Lawson by Dr. Colin Roderick of Sydney. Dr. Roderick is attempting to substantiate Brothers' connection with Bendigo and is 'anxious to contact anyone with authentic records of a Bendigo man, Bob Brothers who was immortalised in a Henry Lawson poem, 'Passing Around the Hat.' A. Llewellyn, Eaglehawk was a 'driving force' to get recognition for Brothers' link to Bendigo.bendigo, bob brothers, send around the hat, pass around the hat, dr. colin roderick, henry lawson
