The Australian LegendThis book traces the considerable influence of nomad pastoral workers, who provided the work force in the nineteenth-century outback, on the Australian outlook and way of life. |
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... A. B. Peirce , Knocking About , etc. , ed . Mrs. Leatherbee , Yale 1924 , pp . 22-7 and passim . Peirce , who ... A. B. Paterson , Old Bush Songs , Sydney 1905 . VI THE BUSHRANGERS ' Tis of those gallant heroes , 144 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
... A. B. Peirce , Knocking About , etc. , ed . Mrs. Leatherbee , Yale 1924 , pp . 22-7 and passim . Peirce , who ... A. B. Paterson , Old Bush Songs , Sydney 1905 . VI THE BUSHRANGERS ' Tis of those gallant heroes , 144 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
Page 178
... A. B. Paterson , op . cit . 39 Australia , Sydney 1948 ed . , p . 52 ff . 40 G. E. Boxall , op . cit . , p . 20 . 41 M. H. Ellis , Bulletin , 25 February 1953 , p . 25 ; and Sydney Gazette , 4 September 1830 and 7 September 1830 . 42 A. B. ...
... A. B. Paterson , op . cit . 39 Australia , Sydney 1948 ed . , p . 52 ff . 40 G. E. Boxall , op . cit . , p . 20 . 41 M. H. Ellis , Bulletin , 25 February 1953 , p . 25 ; and Sydney Gazette , 4 September 1830 and 7 September 1830 . 42 A. B. ...
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... A. B. Paterson , op . cit . Paterson's note explains that the ' Wolseleys ' and ' B - bows ' were respectively machine and hand shears , to ' pink ' a sheep was to shear it so closely , but without cutting it , that the pink skin showed ...
... A. B. Paterson , op . cit . Paterson's note explains that the ' Wolseleys ' and ' B - bows ' were respectively machine and hand shears , to ' pink ' a sheep was to shear it so closely , but without cutting it , that the pink skin showed ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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