Cattle Chosen: The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia, 1829 to 1841First published London, Oxford University Press, 1926, q.v. for annotation. |
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Page 43
... kangaroo provokes a long citation from the Georgics . The habit may be self- conscious to a degree now distasteful , but by such ties the Oxford scholar reminded himself of a great tradition that was still his , and the more potent ...
... kangaroo provokes a long citation from the Georgics . The habit may be self- conscious to a degree now distasteful , but by such ties the Oxford scholar reminded himself of a great tradition that was still his , and the more potent ...
Page 74
... kangaroo , and returned by herself to Augusta . Lenox , a week or two later , sends a whistle made from the hind claw of a kan- garoo which poor Blythe showed and killed , but only after receiving a bad cut under the foreleg which ...
... kangaroo , and returned by herself to Augusta . Lenox , a week or two later , sends a whistle made from the hind claw of a kan- garoo which poor Blythe showed and killed , but only after receiving a bad cut under the foreleg which ...
Page 184
... kangaroo . Larkham killed a pig , No. 3. John and Barsey engaged with the house . Charlotte made butter . Vernon and Dawson water- furrowing . Brown ploughing . Bessie washing blankets , 11. Sawyers erecting a roof to the saw pit . 9th ...
... kangaroo . Larkham killed a pig , No. 3. John and Barsey engaged with the house . Charlotte made butter . Vernon and Dawson water- furrowing . Brown ploughing . Bessie washing blankets , 11. Sawyers erecting a roof to the saw pit . 9th ...
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