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 74
... cattle - breeders , prisoners have always been the best servants ' . Naturally , then , the hardest and most highly - skilled kinds of work were usually performed by old hands and native - born youths . Generally speaking , the ...
... cattle - breeders , prisoners have always been the best servants ' . Naturally , then , the hardest and most highly - skilled kinds of work were usually performed by old hands and native - born youths . Generally speaking , the ...
Page 184
... cattle and those who tended sheep . Stock- men still considered themselves the most distinguished of bush- men . Because cattle camped for the night must be sung to , or otherwise reassured that there is no cause for stampeding , stock ...
... cattle and those who tended sheep . Stock- men still considered themselves the most distinguished of bush- men . Because cattle camped for the night must be sung to , or otherwise reassured that there is no cause for stampeding , stock ...
Page 185
... cattle - mustering song goes : A long - haired shepherd we chanced to meet With a water - bag , billy , and dog ... cattle industry . Between 1861 and 1894 the number of cattle in New South Wales remained approximately constant at about ...
... cattle - mustering song goes : A long - haired shepherd we chanced to meet With a water - bag , billy , and dog ... cattle industry . Between 1861 and 1894 the number of cattle in New South Wales remained approximately constant at about ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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