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 85
... travelling ' swells ' . In 1850 a Darling River shanty keeper ex- plained : .. eating and drinking ( that is tea ) ... travelled on horseback , it was another thing.26 Half a century later the same practice still obtained at Dunstan's ...
... travelling ' swells ' . In 1850 a Darling River shanty keeper ex- plained : .. eating and drinking ( that is tea ) ... travelled on horseback , it was another thing.26 Half a century later the same practice still obtained at Dunstan's ...
Page 103
... travelling at home in Britain . Contemporaries were often struck by the strong resem- blance between the life of bushmen and that of seamen , and indeed , between the lonely monotony of the bush and that of the ocean.59 And as we have ...
... travelling at home in Britain . Contemporaries were often struck by the strong resem- blance between the life of bushmen and that of seamen , and indeed , between the lonely monotony of the bush and that of the ocean.59 And as we have ...
Page 196
... travelling , or for some other reason far removed from the homestead and his women - folk.26 But even so there were ... travelled widely in the out- back remarked that Englishmen were unpopular throughout the Australian colonies . He ...
... travelling , or for some other reason far removed from the homestead and his women - folk.26 But even so there were ... travelled widely in the out- back remarked that Englishmen were unpopular throughout the Australian colonies . He ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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