ABSTRACT

From 1864 to 1867, Australian novelist Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) was resident manager of the Riverina sheep run Bundidjaree. During this time, he fenced the run but left penniless after droughts and falling prices broke him. These experiences formed the background to his 12-part serial, The Fencing of Wanderowna: A Tale of Squatting Life, published anonymously in the Australian Town and Country Journal from June to August 1873. In 1898, he compiled the serial into a novella: The Fencing of Wandaroona: A Riverina Reminiscence. In the novella, Scottish gentlemen squatters, brothers Gilbert and Hobbie Elliot, transition from shepherding to paddocking sheep. The story includes details of managing a sheep run, decision-making prior to fencing and during droughts, and a financial analysis comparing shepherding and fencing. Contemporaneous reviews in both England and Australia criticised the writing but accepted the authenticity of the narrative; however, while omitting many details, and containing flaws in the financial analysis, the story does contain some accurate, and often missing, information about life on a Riverina sheep run in the 1860s.

摘要

从 1864 年到 1867 年，澳大利亚小说家罗尔夫·博尔德伍德 (Thomas Alexander Browne) 是 Riverina 绵羊经营Bundidjaree 的常驻经理。在这段时间里，他围着跑，但在干旱和价格下跌使他破产后身无分文。这些经验形成的背景，他的12部串行，Wanderowna的击剑：蹲便器生活的故事，在匿名出版澳大利亚城市和乡村杂志六月至1873年八月1898年，他编写串行成中篇小说：该万达罗纳的围栏：里维里纳的回忆. 在中篇小说中，苏格兰绅士擅自占地，吉尔伯特兄弟和霍比埃利奥特兄弟，从牧羊过渡到围场。这个故事包括管理羊群的细节、围栏前和干旱期间的决策，以及比较牧羊和围栏的财务分析。英格兰和澳大利亚同时期的评论批评了这篇文章，但接受了叙述的真实性；然而，虽然省略了许多细节，并包含财务分析中的缺陷，但这个故事确实包含了一些关于 1860 年代里维纳绵羊的准确但经常缺失的信息。