 | This part documents some of the happenings at the polocrosse carnival in Albury, NSW. The clips of play here all include Robert and Jacinta Sibley- they were my hosts while I stayed in Yass. The bay and the chestnut that Robert rode are green, just recently having been introduced to the racquet and ball. The gray he rode was loaned to him- Jacinta is riding her 9 yr old mare. Oh, and the bucking horse was being loaned to one of Robert's teammates... |
|  | This tall story is actually one of several Australian variants of the English song "The Derby Ram', also known as "The Darby Ram", "The Albany Ram" and "The Ram of Dalby." Some versions, including the one I do, are fairly close to a sea chanty in form.
Many versions of the song have also found their way to America. Folksong collectors, Albert L. Lloyd and Bill Scott believed that it has its roots in pagan fertility ritual. A series of mummers plays are traditionally performed around Derby every year, the highlight of which is the symbolic slaying of the ram, played by a performer covered with a sack through which protrudes a broomstick with a ram's head impaled upon it. The butcher stabs it in the throat and a boy catches the blood in his bowl, an event which is referred to in many versions of the song. The suggestion is that this grew out of some earlier pagan sacrifice ritual. |
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 | An introduction to La Trobe University in Australia
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|  | Virgin Blue Embraer 170-100LR Landing Albury 6th March 2008 |
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 | First boxerworks forum rally in albury Aus. May 16,17,18 2008 |
|  | Testing of Warlord and GP1 at Albury N.S.W Australia. Warlord & Gp1's 3rd run on the water |
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|  | Henri @ the IPSC NSW State Titles in Albury, 2008.
Winner of Junior Production Division and D Grade Production.
I use a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm. |
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 | first boxerworks rally Albury Australia |
|  | Albury (Australia) airshow filmed c1979 shows chinook dropping a car. Ray Kernighan's jet truck "Waltzing matilda" and Albury ambulance |
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