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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... common , 16 as it must be wherever large numbers of men are segregated for long periods . Most contemporary writers were silent upon the subject of sodomy in the outback , but none denied its prevalence and a few hinted broadly that it ...
... common , 16 as it must be wherever large numbers of men are segregated for long periods . Most contemporary writers were silent upon the subject of sodomy in the outback , but none denied its prevalence and a few hinted broadly that it ...
Page 98
... common.48 Moreover , tribal custom had no relevance to the white invaders who were neither within nor , necessarily , outside the kinship groups , and in any case tribal mores broke down very rapidly under the impact of the more complex ...
... common.48 Moreover , tribal custom had no relevance to the white invaders who were neither within nor , necessarily , outside the kinship groups , and in any case tribal mores broke down very rapidly under the impact of the more complex ...
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... common race of us cultivated gentry.'26 Omai was an atypical specimen of his genus in one respect however , being a man from the middle ranks of Tahitian society . The cultivated gentry of the eighteenth century usually liked their ...
... common race of us cultivated gentry.'26 Omai was an atypical specimen of his genus in one respect however , being a man from the middle ranks of Tahitian society . The cultivated gentry of the eighteenth century usually liked their ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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