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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... reason of the repeated injustices and brutalities which many of them suffered . It was not uncommon for prisoners at Norfolk Island , Moreton Bay and other penal stations to murder a comrade deliberately for no other reason than to end ...
... reason of the repeated injustices and brutalities which many of them suffered . It was not uncommon for prisoners at Norfolk Island , Moreton Bay and other penal stations to murder a comrade deliberately for no other reason than to end ...
Page 186
... reason whatever , and hissed : ' I hate the smell of a rouseabout ! ' The old man is still deeply moved by the memory of the unfairness at the heart of things . He felt it was impossible to express his resentment openly . Another octo ...
... reason whatever , and hissed : ' I hate the smell of a rouseabout ! ' The old man is still deeply moved by the memory of the unfairness at the heart of things . He felt it was impossible to express his resentment openly . Another octo ...
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... reasons of his own for despising , rather than hating , those whom he designated ' cockies'.30 A major reason why the distinctive up - country ethos centred in New South Wales was that agricultural development there and in Queensland ...
... reasons of his own for despising , rather than hating , those whom he designated ' cockies'.30 A major reason why the distinctive up - country ethos centred in New South Wales was that agricultural development there and in Queensland ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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