Border Districts 001

The following passage – from a man's recollection of his youth – is the point of departure for this series:

"...then recalling and afterwards uttering aloud one after another of the nine surnames that I could recall of families of long standing who had owned during my youth extensive properties in the countryside, mostly in the western part of the state—uttering aloud not only each surname but following it the details of the racing colours of each family. While I recited thus, I seemed to see surnames and sets of colours superimposed on a much simplified topographical map..." -Gerald Murnane, Border Districts.