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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Page 145
... Ben Hall . HIGHWAY robbery is not a uniquely Australian phenomenon . There have been knights of the road ' in England and bandits in America and elsewhere ; but in nineteenth - century Australia bushranging was so widespread , and so ...
... Ben Hall . HIGHWAY robbery is not a uniquely Australian phenomenon . There have been knights of the road ' in England and bandits in America and elsewhere ; but in nineteenth - century Australia bushranging was so widespread , and so ...
Page 210
... Ben Hall's gangs had terrorized much of New South Wales , the main western railway from Sydney had extended only thirty miles to Penrith at the foot of the Blue Mountains . Up - country mores were modified also by the establishment of a ...
... Ben Hall's gangs had terrorized much of New South Wales , the main western railway from Sydney had extended only thirty miles to Penrith at the foot of the Blue Mountains . Up - country mores were modified also by the establishment of a ...
Page 277
... Ben Hall ' 155 ' Dunn , Gilbert and Ben Hall ' 175 ' Eumerella Shore ' 163-4 " The Family Man ' 85-86 ' Flash Jack from Gundagai ' 187-8 ' If Ireland Lies Groaning ' 53-54 ' Jack Donahoe ' 166-7 ' Jim Jones ' 36-37 ' Jimmy Sago ...
... Ben Hall ' 155 ' Dunn , Gilbert and Ben Hall ' 175 ' Eumerella Shore ' 163-4 " The Family Man ' 85-86 ' Flash Jack from Gundagai ' 187-8 ' If Ireland Lies Groaning ' 53-54 ' Jack Donahoe ' 166-7 ' Jim Jones ' 36-37 ' Jimmy Sago ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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