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 152
... give some verisimilitude to the Robin Hood role which their admirers thrust upon them . They boasted , with some truth , that they robbed only from the rich ( who of course were most worth the trouble ) , and if they did not give much ...
... give some verisimilitude to the Robin Hood role which their admirers thrust upon them . They boasted , with some truth , that they robbed only from the rich ( who of course were most worth the trouble ) , and if they did not give much ...
Page 162
... give me a hut in my own native land , Or a tent in the bush , near the mountains so grand . For the scenes of my childhood a joy are to me , And the dear native girl who will share it with me . No more through the bush with our swags ...
... give me a hut in my own native land , Or a tent in the bush , near the mountains so grand . For the scenes of my childhood a joy are to me , And the dear native girl who will share it with me . No more through the bush with our swags ...
Page 189
... give three cheers for the river's bend And jog along till shearing.17 However , the use of the third person in this ballad , which prob- ably dates from about 1890 , gives it a certain selfconsciousness . It is as though the singer is ...
... give three cheers for the river's bend And jog along till shearing.17 However , the use of the third person in this ballad , which prob- ably dates from about 1890 , gives it a certain selfconsciousness . It is as though the singer is ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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