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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... early in 1833 when this man saw some unoffending natives in the way : " " Damn the rascals , " said he , " I'll show you how we treat them in Van Diemen's Land , " and immediately fired on them.'12 Samuel Sidney recorded in 1852 : The ...
... early in 1833 when this man saw some unoffending natives in the way : " " Damn the rascals , " said he , " I'll show you how we treat them in Van Diemen's Land , " and immediately fired on them.'12 Samuel Sidney recorded in 1852 : The ...
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... earliest ' frontier ' areas . The heart or bud at the growing tip of the palm was a substitute for cabbage among the early settlers and cedar - getters , and the pinnate fronds were woven into broad- brimmed , flat - crowned , ' cabbage ...
... earliest ' frontier ' areas . The heart or bud at the growing tip of the palm was a substitute for cabbage among the early settlers and cedar - getters , and the pinnate fronds were woven into broad- brimmed , flat - crowned , ' cabbage ...
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... Early Writings of , etc. , pp . 20-7 , 36 ; and see Letters of Theodore Roosevelt , ed . E. E. Morison , 8 vols . , Harvard 1951. Roosevelt carried on a warm personal correspondence with both Turner and Kipling . 41 F. J. Turner , Early ...
... Early Writings of , etc. , pp . 20-7 , 36 ; and see Letters of Theodore Roosevelt , ed . E. E. Morison , 8 vols . , Harvard 1951. Roosevelt carried on a warm personal correspondence with both Turner and Kipling . 41 F. J. Turner , Early ...
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