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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... tralia and Australian history . It may be , however , a very import- ant means to this end , if only because we shall certainly be wrong if we either romanticize its influence or deny it . National character is not , as was once held ...
... tralia and Australian history . It may be , however , a very import- ant means to this end , if only because we shall certainly be wrong if we either romanticize its influence or deny it . National character is not , as was once held ...
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... tralia Felix , etc. , London 1845 , p . 150 . 8 Brisbane to Bathurst , 28 October 1824 , Historical Records of Australia , Series 1 , vol . 11 , p . 383 ; and R. Flanagan , History of New South Wales , etc. , 2 vols . , London 1862 ...
... tralia Felix , etc. , London 1845 , p . 150 . 8 Brisbane to Bathurst , 28 October 1824 , Historical Records of Australia , Series 1 , vol . 11 , p . 383 ; and R. Flanagan , History of New South Wales , etc. , 2 vols . , London 1862 ...
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... tralia ( 1848 ) , was becoming quite common among writers . Two passages which actually compare the life of the Australian frontiersman with that of the ' noble savage ' help to show the transference of emotions from one to the other ...
... tralia ( 1848 ) , was becoming quite common among writers . Two passages which actually compare the life of the Australian frontiersman with that of the ' noble savage ' help to show the transference of emotions from one to the other ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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