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He lived in comfort, not to say luxury. He had champagne for breakfast every morning, and his wife always slept with a pair of diamond ear-rings worth a small fortune in her ears. It is things like these that show true gentility.

— Banjo Paterson

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All men are born free and equal; and each man is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of horse racing.

The noblest study of mankind is man, but the most fascinating study of womankind is another woman's wardrobe.

An Outback Marriage (1900)

With Mr Smythers to think was to act. He was not a man who believed in allowing grass to grow under his feet. His motto was "Up and be doing—somebody."

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his "Billy" boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

I saw bank booms ... land booms, silver booms, Northern Territory booms, and they all had one thing in common—they always burst.

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