The Australian Legend"This book attempts to trace the historical origins and development of the Australian legend or national mystique. It argues that a specifically Australian outlook grew up first and most clearly among the bush workers in the Australian pastoral industry, and that this group has had an influence, completely disproportionate to its numerical and economic strength, on the attitudes of the whole Australian community."--Foreword |
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Page 78
... mate , is regarded as infamous . On the other hand ... [ they are not ] very scrupulous on the subject of honesty , if ... mates , will make for one another , beyond people of the old countries . I suppose want prevailing less in the new ...
... mate , is regarded as infamous . On the other hand ... [ they are not ] very scrupulous on the subject of honesty , if ... mates , will make for one another , beyond people of the old countries . I suppose want prevailing less in the new ...
Page 93
... mate , or a number of mates , of his own sex . And probably , for the majority of men , the quite unconscious sublimation would not have occurred if there had been no gins and no Mrs Johnstons . On the conscious level bushmen naturally ...
... mate , or a number of mates , of his own sex . And probably , for the majority of men , the quite unconscious sublimation would not have occurred if there had been no gins and no Mrs Johnstons . On the conscious level bushmen naturally ...
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... mates in all circumstances , and the greatest evil is to desert them . Sam Holt's sin is not , primarily , that he was a thief and a cheat.42 We have seen that all honest bushmen , more or less , were cattle- duffers and sheep ...
... mates in all circumstances , and the greatest evil is to desert them . Sam Holt's sin is not , primarily , that he was a thief and a cheat.42 We have seen that all honest bushmen , more or less , were cattle- duffers and sheep ...
Contents
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
THE BUSHMAN COMES OF AGE | 167 |
APOTHEOSIS OF THE NOMAD TRIBE | 192 |
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