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 84
Russel Braddock Ward. how , to succour him , his mate had walked ' full forty miles ' in twenty - four hours , carrying ... mates , will make for one another , beyond people of the old countries . I suppose want prevailing less in the new ...
Russel Braddock Ward. how , to succour him , his mate had walked ' full forty miles ' in twenty - four hours , carrying ... mates , will make for one another , beyond people of the old countries . I suppose want prevailing less in the new ...
Page 134
... mate , Joe Morton , are preparing to escape police attention by disguising themselves as Americans : Lucky for old Jim we'd all taken a fancy at the Turon , for once in a way , to talk like Arizona Bill and his mates , just for the fun ...
... mate , Joe Morton , are preparing to escape police attention by disguising themselves as Americans : Lucky for old Jim we'd all taken a fancy at the Turon , for once in a way , to talk like Arizona Bill and his mates , just for the fun ...
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... mates in all circumstances , and the greatest evil is to desert them . Sam Holt's sin is not , primarily , that he was a thief and a cheat.12 We have seen that all honest bushmen , more or less , were cattle- duffers and sheep ...
... mates in all circumstances , and the greatest evil is to desert them . Sam Holt's sin is not , primarily , that he was a thief and a cheat.12 We have seen that all honest bushmen , more or less , were cattle- duffers and sheep ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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