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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... mateship . Spence himself wrote : Unionism came to the Australian bushman as a religion . It came bringing salvation from years of tyranny . It had in it that feeling of mateship which he understood already , and which always charac ...
... mateship . Spence himself wrote : Unionism came to the Australian bushman as a religion . It came bringing salvation from years of tyranny . It had in it that feeling of mateship which he understood already , and which always charac ...
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... mateship , but every tradition has good and bad aspects . Perhaps most Australians would agree that the most discredit- able and dangerous component of the legend is its ' racism ' . We have seen , however , that this feature was also ...
... mateship , but every tradition has good and bad aspects . Perhaps most Australians would agree that the most discredit- able and dangerous component of the legend is its ' racism ' . We have seen , however , that this feature was also ...
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... mateship 100 , 233 , 245-6 22 99 99 99 " " railways 209-10 nationalism 227 , 253 work of 13 , 211 , 223 Learmonth , Lt John , A.I.F. 234-5 Legend , the Australian 1 , 2 , 112 , 140 , 145 , 180 , 251 , 253 ff . , 255 , 258-9 , and ch . 8 ...
... mateship 100 , 233 , 245-6 22 99 99 99 " " railways 209-10 nationalism 227 , 253 work of 13 , 211 , 223 Learmonth , Lt John , A.I.F. 234-5 Legend , the Australian 1 , 2 , 112 , 140 , 145 , 180 , 251 , 253 ff . , 255 , 258-9 , and ch . 8 ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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