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 48
... persons sentenced to transportation in each of the last three years has been 3,900 ; while in Scotland , with a population of about one - sixth of that of England and Wales , the number has been less than 300. In other words , there ...
... persons sentenced to transportation in each of the last three years has been 3,900 ; while in Scotland , with a population of about one - sixth of that of England and Wales , the number has been less than 300. In other words , there ...
Page 66
... persons of this class had but one collective nose , in order that it might the more easily be rendered a bloody one . He wrote : These are an unruly set of young fellows , native born generally , who , not being able , perhaps , to ...
... persons of this class had but one collective nose , in order that it might the more easily be rendered a bloody one . He wrote : These are an unruly set of young fellows , native born generally , who , not being able , perhaps , to ...
Page 140
... persons born in Great Britain . In Table X therefore the figure for N.S.W. in 1861 is an estimate ( to the nearest 1,000 ) , calculated on the assumption that between 1851 and 1861 the convict - emancipist population decreased at the ...
... persons born in Great Britain . In Table X therefore the figure for N.S.W. in 1861 is an estimate ( to the nearest 1,000 ) , calculated on the assumption that between 1851 and 1861 the convict - emancipist population decreased at the ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
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