tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903763853237736048.post5892229518680977483..comments2024-01-26T18:14:08.920+10:00Comments on Tales from Colonial Queensland: Bullock Drivers - Mates of the WhipK.C.Sbeghenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06579359508706713981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903763853237736048.post-90131123482505563642013-07-30T22:12:22.829+10:002013-07-30T22:12:22.829+10:00The reference to McGouzlem has also intrigued me. ...The reference to McGouzlem has also intrigued me. The "Ipswich Correspondent" was fond of peppering his entertaining reports with references to the classics, Shakespeare, and contemporary literature, but I have yet to find a reference to McGouzlem. Perhaps it is rhyming slang or most probably a local joke lost to the times. The answer must be out there somewhere.K.C.Sbeghenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06579359508706713981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903763853237736048.post-58330674023892265152013-07-29T23:47:05.789+10:002013-07-29T23:47:05.789+10:00I wonder what the reference to "McGouzlem'...I wonder what the reference to "McGouzlem's fool" means? In another article, on 28 July 1849, the Ipswich Correspondent refers to an Edward Dawson as being known as "McGouzlem's Ned". He too was also apparently fond of children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com