G'day Wolfgang,

Since Wee Eric's tale is set at the time of his arrival in Australia, I could toss in the Gwydir River (it rises in the New England Ranges, passes the town of Moree, in north-eastern New South Wales, as it flows more or less westerly into the Murray-Darling system), ... it's a long way from Qwent - but maybe that's what the lad meant. I can't find my third Eric Bogle songbook, so I can't tell if I have this song or not.

BTW: A traditional recitation (which I am prone to recite ...), about the perils of redback spiders and City spielers, is called The Spider by the Gwydir.

Regards,

Bob Bolton