Amamitha ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka eGundagai
Eqinisweni, naphezu komugqa ovela evesini lokuqala, isikhumbuzo seNja e-Tuckerbox sinamamitha amahlanu (amakhilomitha ayisishiyagalombili) enyakatho yedolobha laseNew South Wales laseGundagai.
Egujwa emlandweni wase-Australia , izinkondlo, nengoma, Inja e-Tuckerbox, isikhumbuzo samaphayona esifundeni saseMrinaina, isibe yisithombe se-Australia esidlule.
Inja kwi-Tuckerbox Legend izalwa
Indima eyodwa yendima yezinja ezikhathini zokuphayona ukuthi inja yayiqaphe ibhokisi le-tucker yalo kanye nezinye izinto ngenkathi efuna usizo lokungena emfuleni.
Inkosi, i-bullocky noma umshayeli weqembu lezinkunzi, alibuyanga kodwa inja iyaqhubeka ilondoloza ibhokisi le-tucker kuze kube sekufeni kwayo.
I-Tucker iyinkulumo yase-Australia yokudla, ngakho ibhokisi lokudla inja elaliyiqaphele lifanekisela ukudla (okudingeka kuvikelwe) amaphayona wesifunda.
'Version Romanticized'
Indaba yenja ethembekileyo kungenzeka ukuthi inguhlobo oluthandwayo. Ukugwema evesini elithiwa lokuqala ngenja kwakuyi:
Khona-ke inja yahlala eBhodini leTucker
Amamayela ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka eGundagai
Kodwa kuthiwe ukuthi ekuqaleni "kwangempela", "kwakungenakuhlala" lokho inja yakwenza. (Cabanga ngegama elilodwa-syllable eliqala nge "s" ukuthi imilolotelo "uhlale" - cabangela izinhlekelele eziwela bullocky - futhi ucabange ukuthi yimuphi omunye umonakalo kwenzeka, ngendlela yokukhuluma, phezulu.)
Ivesi neNgoma
Le migqa yevesi iyingxenye yendaba ebhaliwe yombhali ongaziwa engabhalwanga ngaphansi kweBoyyang Yorke futhi yanyatheliswa kuyi- Gundagai Times ngawo-1880.
Inguqulo yangemva kwalokho yabhalwa ngumlobi weGundagai nomlobi uJack Moses.
Zombili lezi zinguquko zikhuluma ngethimba lezinkunzi liboshwe emfuleni owela emakhilomitha ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka eGundagai nenja "ngokuhlezi" ehleliwe ebhokisini le-tucker.
Indaba yenja nebhokisi le-tucker lafakwa engomaweni lapho Inja ihlala khona ku-Tuckerbox (amaMila amahlanu avela ku-Gundagai) ngumculi wengoma wase-Australia uJack O'Hagan ophinde wabhala i- Along Road eya eGundagai nalapho umfana ovela e-Alabama ehlangana nentombazane kusuka ku-Gundagai .
(I-O'Hagan yayingakaze ifike eGundagai.)
1932 Ukuvuleka
Isikhumbuzo seNja e-Tuckerbox saboniswa ngo-1932 yiNdunankulu wase- Australia , uJoe Lyons, eminyakeni engu-103 yonyaka odlule we-Australian explorer uCharles Sturt ka-1829 owela uMfuleni waseMrrumbidgee uMfula.
Lesi sikhumbuzo sasikwakhiwa kwamatshe amatshe aseGundagai uFrank Rusconi, omunye umsebenzi wakhe, uMdabu wobuciko obuMarble, obonakala edolobheni.
I-Gundagai, amakhilomitha angu-386 ukusuka eSydney , ilala eduze neHume Highway egijima phakathi kweSydney kuya eMelbourne .
Imigqa ye-Yorke
Ingxenye yombongo kaBowyang Yorke mayelana noMthethosivivinywa we-Bullocky:
Ngesikhathi ngisahla eGap kaConroy,
Ngase ngizwa ukukhala kwentombazane;
'Kukhona uBill the Bullocky,
Uboshwe eGundagai.
Umceli omdala ompofu ongcono
Ungalokothi uthole i-crust ethembekile,
Umceli omdala ompofu ongcono
Ungalokothi usebenzise izibhamu ngothuli. '
Ithimba lakhe liboshwe emfuleni wamamayela ayisishiyagalolunye,
UBill waxosha futhi wafunga futhi wakhala;
'Uma uNobby engangiphumeli kulokhu,
Ngizobhala isikhumba sakhe segazi. '
Kodwa uNobby wancipha futhi waphula ijoka,
Futhi waxosha iso lomholi;
Khona-ke inja yahlala eBhodini leTucker
Amamayela ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka eGundagai
Ihlelwe futhi ibuyekezwe nguSarah Megginson