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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... single women in the outback decreased so much during the decade , this is partly accounted for by the growth of hamlets on the inner edge of the squatting districts . In the ' farthest - out ' district 96 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
... single women in the outback decreased so much during the decade , this is partly accounted for by the growth of hamlets on the inner edge of the squatting districts . In the ' farthest - out ' district 96 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
Page 97
Russel Braddock Ward. districts . In the ' farthest - out ' district of Maranoa there were for instance , in 1851 , 65 single males over 13 years of age and no single women of the same age group . There were also three married men and ...
Russel Braddock Ward. districts . In the ' farthest - out ' district of Maranoa there were for instance , in 1851 , 65 single males over 13 years of age and no single women of the same age group . There were also three married men and ...
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... districts of Port Phillip and the penal stations of Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay . The figures for 1841 exclude ... District , etc. , Dublin 1845 , p . 77 . 9 J. C. Hamilton , Pioneering Days in Early Victoria , Melbourne n.d. ( 1913 ) ...
... districts of Port Phillip and the penal stations of Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay . The figures for 1841 exclude ... District , etc. , Dublin 1845 , p . 77 . 9 J. C. Hamilton , Pioneering Days in Early Victoria , Melbourne n.d. ( 1913 ) ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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