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 28
... society ' . Looking back now , it is difficult at first glance to see why . In the above transportation ballad , or in ' Van Diemen's Land ' , or in ' Botany Bay ' , there is surely no fundamental conflict , in principle , with the ...
... society ' . Looking back now , it is difficult at first glance to see why . In the above transportation ballad , or in ' Van Diemen's Land ' , or in ' Botany Bay ' , there is surely no fundamental conflict , in principle , with the ...
Page 36
... society , there is an explicit assumption that society itself is out of joint , and even a hint that in the new land society may be remoulded nearer to the heart's desire . Charles Mac- alister's Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South ...
... society , there is an explicit assumption that society itself is out of joint , and even a hint that in the new land society may be remoulded nearer to the heart's desire . Charles Mac- alister's Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South ...
Page 121
... society is no longer recognised ; and the man , who in former days might have pulled your boots off , or served you respectfully behind a counter , shakes hands with you , and very likely hails you by a nickname , or by no name at all ...
... society is no longer recognised ; and the man , who in former days might have pulled your boots off , or served you respectfully behind a counter , shakes hands with you , and very likely hails you by a nickname , or by no name at all ...
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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