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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... Australian ethos . It also helps to explain the traditional feeling that Tasmania , which still has a lower percentage of Catholics in its population than any other state except South Australia , is ' more English ' than the rest of ...
... Australian ethos . It also helps to explain the traditional feeling that Tasmania , which still has a lower percentage of Catholics in its population than any other state except South Australia , is ' more English ' than the rest of ...
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... Australia , 4 vols . , Sydney , 1941 , 1945 , 1951 , 1955 . Fitzpatrick , Brian , The Australian People , Melbourne , 1946 . The British Empire in Australia , Melbourne , 1941 . British Imperialism and Australia , 1783-1833 , London ...
... Australia , 4 vols . , Sydney , 1941 , 1945 , 1951 , 1955 . Fitzpatrick , Brian , The Australian People , Melbourne , 1946 . The British Empire in Australia , Melbourne , 1941 . British Imperialism and Australia , 1783-1833 , London ...
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... Australian history he shows how the character- istically Australian traits first found expression most markedly in the frontier life of the nomad pastoral workers of the outback , and how in turn they pervaded Australian literature and ...
... Australian history he shows how the character- istically Australian traits first found expression most markedly in the frontier life of the nomad pastoral workers of the outback , and how in turn they pervaded Australian literature and ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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