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 50
... Irish colonists was clearly recognized by Catholic spokesmen of the time.8 There is nothing discreditable to the Irish people in this fact . At home political , social and economic factors had combined to reduce their standard of living ...
... Irish colonists was clearly recognized by Catholic spokesmen of the time.8 There is nothing discreditable to the Irish people in this fact . At home political , social and economic factors had combined to reduce their standard of living ...
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... Irish character , in some of its worst features , is deeply imprinted upon this colony , and that it would be well for it if the tide of a similar description of its population were to cease to set in here from the shores of Ireland ...
... Irish character , in some of its worst features , is deeply imprinted upon this colony , and that it would be well for it if the tide of a similar description of its population were to cease to set in here from the shores of Ireland ...
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... Irish immigrants in the United States and the history of the later Fenian movement under- line the point . The strength of this Irish - Australian hatred of England is vividly suggested by the composition here of Irish revolutionary ...
... Irish immigrants in the United States and the history of the later Fenian movement under- line the point . The strength of this Irish - Australian hatred of England is vividly suggested by the composition here of Irish revolutionary ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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