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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... criminals , whether great or small . It is also true that economic and social conditions in Britain were such as to drive a great many people to crime . In view of the state of British society during and after the Napoleonic Wars it ...
... criminals , whether great or small . It is also true that economic and social conditions in Britain were such as to drive a great many people to crime . In view of the state of British society during and after the Napoleonic Wars it ...
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... criminals ' sentences was not and should not be in any sense a political matter , but one for the gubernatorial discretion . Public meetings for and against the bushrangers ' release were held in Sydney and in the country . In the ...
... criminals ' sentences was not and should not be in any sense a political matter , but one for the gubernatorial discretion . Public meetings for and against the bushrangers ' release were held in Sydney and in the country . In the ...
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Russel Braddock Ward. criminals , and this sympathy sprang partly from the disjunction between the outlook of old Australians ' and that of respectable , urban and middle - class people , whose numbers and influence were so greatly ...
Russel Braddock Ward. criminals , and this sympathy sprang partly from the disjunction between the outlook of old Australians ' and that of respectable , urban and middle - class people , whose numbers and influence were so greatly ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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