Metal Matchbox Cover - Gundagai Dog

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Overview

this souvenir metal matchbox cover has photographic image of a statue with a dog on Tucker Box. Blue and white striped border around the photograph. Wrapped around the side and back is a poem typed in blue print.

Historical information

A dog monument was first erected at a site nine miles from Gundagai in 1926.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.142

Item type

Objects

Themes

Leisure

People

Material

Metal

Inscriptions and markings

"June 20th, 1859.
BILL THE BULLOCKY
As I was coming down Conroy's Gap
I heard a Maiden cry,
'There goes Bill the Bullocky,
He's bound for Gundagai.
A better poor old _________
Never cracked an honest crust;
A toucher poor old ________
Never drug a whip through dust.'

His team got bogged at the Five-Mile Creek,
Bill lashed and swore and cried:
'If Nobby don't get me out of this,
I'll tattoo his _________ hide.'
But Nobby strained and broke the yoke
And poked out the leader's eye.
Then the dog sat-on the tucker box
Five miles from Gundagai.

Royalty paid to Gundagai Hospital 20% "

Contextual information

This matchbox cover was part of a fundraiser - 20% Royalty paid to Gundagai Hospital.

Keywords

matchbox

Place made

Australia

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Thursday, 14 May, 2026