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 191
... swagmen are not often seen on outback roads to - day that most characteristic of all outback institutions , humping the ... swagman . Both tramped from station to station , especially from the time of the approach of the shearing season ...
... swagmen are not often seen on outback roads to - day that most characteristic of all outback institutions , humping the ... swagman . Both tramped from station to station , especially from the time of the approach of the shearing season ...
Page 234
... Swagman and bushranger die hard , die game , Die fighting , like that wild colonial boy- Jack Dowling , says the ballad , was his name . He also spun his pistol like a toy , Turned to the hills like wolf or kangaroo , And faced ...
... Swagman and bushranger die hard , die game , Die fighting , like that wild colonial boy- Jack Dowling , says the ballad , was his name . He also spun his pistol like a toy , Turned to the hills like wolf or kangaroo , And faced ...
Page 282
... Swagmen Swagmen 10 , 101 , 191-3 , 201 Swearing 35 , 65-66 , 116 , 121 , 181 Syme , David 225 Tacitus 246 Tasmania , and see Van Diemen's Land 156 , 243 Thatcher , Charles 123-7 , 129 Therry , Judge , on flogging 148 99 reformation of ...
... Swagmen Swagmen 10 , 101 , 191-3 , 201 Swearing 35 , 65-66 , 116 , 121 , 181 Syme , David 225 Tacitus 246 Tasmania , and see Van Diemen's Land 156 , 243 Thatcher , Charles 123-7 , 129 Therry , Judge , on flogging 148 99 reformation of ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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