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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Page 21
... criminals , whether great or small . It is also true that economic and social conditions in Britain were such as to drive a great many people to crime . In view of the state of British society during and after the Napoleonic Wars it ...
... criminals , whether great or small . It is also true that economic and social conditions in Britain were such as to drive a great many people to crime . In view of the state of British society during and after the Napoleonic Wars it ...
Page 159
... criminal members of the population , Power has doubt- less received aid and assistance in return for the fruits of ... criminals . That Power has not been hunted down by the populace , is simply attributable to the fact that as yet he ...
... criminal members of the population , Power has doubt- less received aid and assistance in return for the fruits of ... criminals . That Power has not been hunted down by the populace , is simply attributable to the fact that as yet he ...
Page 172
... criminals ' sentences was not and should not be in any sense a political matter , but one for the gubernatorial discretion . Public meetings for and against the bushrangers ' release were held in Sydney and in the country . In the ...
... criminals ' sentences was not and should not be in any sense a political matter , but one for the gubernatorial discretion . Public meetings for and against the bushrangers ' release were held in Sydney and in the country . In the ...
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A. B. Paterson Aborigines American attitude Australian national ballads become Ben Hall Britain British Bulletin bullock-drivers bush-workers bushmen bushrangers cabbage-tree hat cattle chum collectivist colonists colony contemporary criminals Currency Lad Diemen's Land diggers diggings districts Donahoo early economic emancipists Emigrant England English ethos fact feeling felt free immigrants frontier frontiersman Furphy Gold Rush goldfields Harris History influence interior Irish Jack John labour later less Library of Victoria living London masters mates mateship Melbourne middle-class native native-born Ned Kelly never nineteenth century noble savage nomad tribe Norfolk Island old hands outback outlook pastoral workers Paterson perhaps period Plains police political popular population prisoners Queensland sentiment Settlers and Convicts shearers shearing sheep shepherd social society South Wales squatters stanza station swagman Sydney tended tion tradition tralia Transportation Turner typical University up-country Van Diemen's Land Victoria working-class writes wrote