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 33
... whole case [ the transportation system ] is , that although there exists what may be called a legal reform , and comparatively little is committed which the law can touch , yet that any moral reform should take place appears to be quite ...
... whole case [ the transportation system ] is , that although there exists what may be called a legal reform , and comparatively little is committed which the law can touch , yet that any moral reform should take place appears to be quite ...
Page 190
... whole was filled up with water , shaken together , and allowed to stand . This vile compound would actually leave a dark stain if used in a glass , and therefore it was found expedient to use tin pannikins . This was his whole stock ...
... whole was filled up with water , shaken together , and allowed to stand . This vile compound would actually leave a dark stain if used in a glass , and therefore it was found expedient to use tin pannikins . This was his whole stock ...
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... whole nation . This is not to say that thenceforward all Australians behaved and thought like the pastoral workers , but rather that thenceforward most people liked to believe that they tended ' naturally ' to do so . The process by ...
... whole nation . This is not to say that thenceforward all Australians behaved and thought like the pastoral workers , but rather that thenceforward most people liked to believe that they tended ' naturally ' to do so . The process by ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 15 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 46 |
Copyright | |
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