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WHIRRAKEE'S DAUGHTER
Time tumbled chimney, fragments of flooring,
Rusted, flaked iron - there's not much to see,
But once a brown-eyed little bush girl had
lived here,
Had lived here, and laughed here,
At Whirrakee.
Neighbours were few, far out in the Whipstick,
Her world centred round the distillery,
The patient mare, Jess, hauled the high laden
dray
Blue mallee leaf to the vats every day
At Whirrakee.
Crystal clear yield of the pure eucalyptus,
Reward of the family - they toiled constantly,
A hard life, and yet her small feet kept
dancing,
She sang all the glad songs the bush birds
here can sing,
At Whirrakee.
Secrets she knew of the vast Kamarooka,
The forest companions she only could see,
Shy orchids knew the quick touch of her
fingers,
Wildflowers whisper a child spirit lingers
At Whirrakee.
Sun shines through the saplings where once the
old house stood,
Swallows swoop over the dam gracefully,
A fragile smile fleeting, reflected in water,
Breezes stir softly, a faint drift of
laughter,
At Whirrakee.
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