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 142
... Turner , History of Colony of Victoria , 2 vols . , London 1904 , vol . 2 , pp . 13-14 ; and T. McCombie , History of the Colony of Victoria , etc. , London 1858 , p . 220 . 23 H. G. Turner , op . cit . , vol . 1 , p . 372 . 24 W. Craig ...
... Turner , History of Colony of Victoria , 2 vols . , London 1904 , vol . 2 , pp . 13-14 ; and T. McCombie , History of the Colony of Victoria , etc. , London 1858 , p . 220 . 23 H. G. Turner , op . cit . , vol . 1 , p . 372 . 24 W. Craig ...
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... Turner's ideas on the importance of the frontier.41 All four men , Paterson , Kipling , Roosevelt , and Turner , believed strongly in another romantic myth which , in Australia also , was intimately associated with the cult of the noble ...
... Turner's ideas on the importance of the frontier.41 All four men , Paterson , Kipling , Roosevelt , and Turner , believed strongly in another romantic myth which , in Australia also , was intimately associated with the cult of the noble ...
Page 259
... Turner's views see G. R. Taylor ( ed . ) , The Turner Thesis , etc. , Boston 1949 . 5 ' Frontier and Section ' , Historical Studies : Australia and New Zealand , May 1952 , p . 14 . 6 R. E. Riegel , America Moves West , New York 1951 ...
... Turner's views see G. R. Taylor ( ed . ) , The Turner Thesis , etc. , Boston 1949 . 5 ' Frontier and Section ' , Historical Studies : Australia and New Zealand , May 1952 , p . 14 . 6 R. E. Riegel , America Moves West , New York 1951 ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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