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 195
... jackaroos from Britain were weak- lings and wastrels . Thomas Major records the case of an Oxford man who worked on his ... jackaroo , ' with a few scientific taps , delivered in the most gentlemanly manner ' , knocked out the ringleader ...
... jackaroos from Britain were weak- lings and wastrels . Thomas Major records the case of an Oxford man who worked on his ... jackaroo , ' with a few scientific taps , delivered in the most gentlemanly manner ' , knocked out the ringleader ...
Page 277
... Jackaroo ' 194 ' Kick the Traps ' 129 ' A Long - haired Shepherd ' 185 ' Lord Fuzzleby's Nephew ' 129 " The Old Bullock Dray ' 106 ' Moreton Bay ' 55 ' Olle ! Heigh - ho ! ' 104-5 " The Overlander ' 7-8 , 187 ' A Regular White - washed ...
... Jackaroo ' 194 ' Kick the Traps ' 129 ' A Long - haired Shepherd ' 185 ' Lord Fuzzleby's Nephew ' 129 " The Old Bullock Dray ' 106 ' Moreton Bay ' 55 ' Olle ! Heigh - ho ! ' 104-5 " The Overlander ' 7-8 , 187 ' A Regular White - washed ...
Page 280
... Jackaroos 194-6 Japanese 132 , 207 Jenkins ( early bushranger ) 149 ' Joe ! Joe ! ' , origin of cry 118 Johnson , Dr Samuel 247 Johnston , Mrs , of Ballangeich 99 Jones , D. G. ( ? ) , on bush - workers 138 Jones , Percy , on ballad ...
... Jackaroos 194-6 Japanese 132 , 207 Jenkins ( early bushranger ) 149 ' Joe ! Joe ! ' , origin of cry 118 Johnson , Dr Samuel 247 Johnston , Mrs , of Ballangeich 99 Jones , D. G. ( ? ) , on bush - workers 138 Jones , Percy , on ballad ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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