The Australian legendThis book traces the considerable influence of nomad pastoral workers, whoprovided the work force in the nineteenth-century outback, on the Australianoutlook and way of life. |
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Page 86
To these lyric stanzas, a rolling chorus was supplied by six or seven voices
repeating the first couplet of each at its conclusion; a short interlude being
supplied in the same manner after the chorus by deafening shouts — 'Good song
, Dubbol' ...
To these lyric stanzas, a rolling chorus was supplied by six or seven voices
repeating the first couplet of each at its conclusion; a short interlude being
supplied in the same manner after the chorus by deafening shouts — 'Good song
, Dubbol' ...
Page 124
On 7 April 1854 the Argus published a despatch from its Bendigo correspondent
who declared that Thatcher's songs were 'all humorous, abounding in local
allusions as a matter of course; and if circulated in England, would give a much
better ...
On 7 April 1854 the Argus published a despatch from its Bendigo correspondent
who declared that Thatcher's songs were 'all humorous, abounding in local
allusions as a matter of course; and if circulated in England, would give a much
better ...
Page 275
1: A Collection of New, Original, Local and Comic Songs, as Sung at the Sydney
Concert Rooms, etc., Sydney, n.d. (1866). Elliott, Brian, Singing to the Cattle, etc.,
Melbourne, 1947. Forbes, Alexander, Voices from the Bush, Rockhampton, ...
1: A Collection of New, Original, Local and Comic Songs, as Sung at the Sydney
Concert Rooms, etc., Sydney, n.d. (1866). Elliott, Brian, Singing to the Cattle, etc.,
Melbourne, 1947. Forbes, Alexander, Voices from the Bush, Rockhampton, ...
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Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
THE BUSHRANGERS | 145 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Australian legend |
| Author | Russel Braddock Ward |
| Edition | 2, reprint, illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1966 |
| Length | 283 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General |
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