The Australian Legend"This book attempts to trace the historical origins and development of the Australian legend or national mystique. It argues that a specifically Australian outlook grew up first and most clearly among the bush workers in the Australian pastoral industry, and that this group has had an influence, completely disproportionate to its numerical and economic strength, on the attitudes of the whole Australian community."--Foreword |
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... England ' . Mass poverty and misery were perhaps inevitable accompaniments of the beginning of the industrial system . At all events they have accompanied its early stages not only in England but in every country where indus ...
... England ' . Mass poverty and misery were perhaps inevitable accompaniments of the beginning of the industrial system . At all events they have accompanied its early stages not only in England but in every country where indus ...
Page 48
... England and Wales the average number of persons sentenced to transportation in each of the last three years has been 3,900 ; while in Scotland , with a population of about one - sixth of that of England and Wales , the number has been ...
... England and Wales the average number of persons sentenced to transportation in each of the last three years has been 3,900 ; while in Scotland , with a population of about one - sixth of that of England and Wales , the number has been ...
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... England and English rule . Irishmen convicted and transported under English laws , or forced to emigrate by the appalling poverty which they felt to be ' made in England ' , were likely to be doubly and trebly Anglophobe . The influence ...
... England and English rule . Irishmen convicted and transported under English laws , or forced to emigrate by the appalling poverty which they felt to be ' made in England ' , were likely to be doubly and trebly Anglophobe . The influence ...
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