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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... period , another bullock - drivers ' song which is unquestionably genuine . " The Old Bullock Dray ' , like most folk - ballads , has been added to and changed by many singers , so that it contains references to John Robertson ...
... period , another bullock - drivers ' song which is unquestionably genuine . " The Old Bullock Dray ' , like most folk - ballads , has been added to and changed by many singers , so that it contains references to John Robertson ...
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... period . The first settlers brought with them from Britain a traditional regard for highway robbery . The romantic aura which surrounded it was never stronger than at the end of the eighteenth century when the crime itself was becoming ...
... period . The first settlers brought with them from Britain a traditional regard for highway robbery . The romantic aura which surrounded it was never stronger than at the end of the eighteenth century when the crime itself was becoming ...
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... period of Australian agricultural expansion , during which the acreage under wheat grew from about 5 % 1⁄2 million to 15 million acres . In the following thirty - year period , from 1920 to 1950 , acreage under wheat increased by only ...
... period of Australian agricultural expansion , during which the acreage under wheat grew from about 5 % 1⁄2 million to 15 million acres . In the following thirty - year period , from 1920 to 1950 , acreage under wheat increased by only ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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