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 117
... digging itself evoked just those ' practical ' qualities and skills which had for long been recognized as typically ' Australian ' . Here is the record of a digger on his way to the diggings in 1852 : [ I ] began to find out the ...
... digging itself evoked just those ' practical ' qualities and skills which had for long been recognized as typically ' Australian ' . Here is the record of a digger on his way to the diggings in 1852 : [ I ] began to find out the ...
Page 121
Russel Braddock Ward. especially prevalent on the diggings . Here are no conventionalities ; no touching of hats . Men meet on apparently equal terms ; and he who enjoyed the standing of a gentleman in England becomes aware , on the ...
Russel Braddock Ward. especially prevalent on the diggings . Here are no conventionalities ; no touching of hats . Men meet on apparently equal terms ; and he who enjoyed the standing of a gentleman in England becomes aware , on the ...
Page 282
... diggings 120 Read , C. R. , on life at diggings 123 on profanity at diggings 121 Reade , Charles 239 Religion , see also Anti - clericalism , Anglican clergy as magistrates 90-91 on Anzac Day 233 attitudes of bushmen to 92-94 , 105 ...
... diggings 120 Read , C. R. , on life at diggings 123 on profanity at diggings 121 Reade , Charles 239 Religion , see also Anti - clericalism , Anglican clergy as magistrates 90-91 on Anzac Day 233 attitudes of bushmen to 92-94 , 105 ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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