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 56
... less reason to love Britain than did more prosperous persons and were less able to maintain their connections with ' home ' however much , in many instances , they may have wished to do so . Still , to love the new land more seemed ...
... less reason to love Britain than did more prosperous persons and were less able to maintain their connections with ' home ' however much , in many instances , they may have wished to do so . Still , to love the new land more seemed ...
Page 79
... less excit- ing and less independent occupations of agriculture , such as it is pursued in the more thickly populated parts of the colony , or in the vicinity of the capital . Nearly a hundred years later bushmen in the Northern ...
... less excit- ing and less independent occupations of agriculture , such as it is pursued in the more thickly populated parts of the colony , or in the vicinity of the capital . Nearly a hundred years later bushmen in the Northern ...
Page 228
... less tangible influences . The dreams of nations , as of individuals , are important , because they not only reflect , as in a distorting mirror , the real world , but may sometimes react upon and influence it . The tradition inherited ...
... less tangible influences . The dreams of nations , as of individuals , are important , because they not only reflect , as in a distorting mirror , the real world , but may sometimes react upon and influence it . The tradition inherited ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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